The Israel Project

SDEROT AND GAZA BORDER REGION CONTACTS

Medical professionals

Inbar Guter
Affiliation: Spokesperson, Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva
Tel.: 972-050-626-3063 

Yehuda Shushan
Affiliation: Spokesman, Magen David Adom Director, Negev (southern) region
Tel.: 972-052-464-3729 (cell – Lavni, Shai) 

Yerucham Mandola
Affiliation: Spokesman, Magen David Adom
Tel.: 972-052-256-9955
E-mail: dover@mdais.co.il 

Jaqueline Brown
Affiliation: Magen David Adom International Relations Division
(for the latest updates on number of injured and casualties)
E-mail: jacquelineb@mdais.co.il 

Dr. Emeil Chai
Affiliation: Deputy Director, Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon
Tel.: 972-08-674-5600

Yoni Yagodovsky (E)
Affiliation: Director, International Department, Magen David Adom
Tel.: 972-052-890-2888

General Nurse
Head Nurse of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon
Tel.: 972-057-767-8800 

Leah Malul
Affiliation: Spokesperson for Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon; Barzilai Hospital currently treating Palestinians injured in Gaza and Qassam rocket attack victim
Tel.: 972-08-674-5766; 972-057-767-8766 (cell) 

Einav Shimon
Affiliation: Spokeswoman, Israel Ministry of Health
Tel.: 972-2-670-5056        
E-mail: dover@moh.health.gov.il
Web site: www.health.gov.il/english 

Dr. Hanita Zimrin
Affiliation: President, ELI: Israel Association for Child Protection
Tel.: 972-050-420-6246 (cell)     
E-mail: Zimrin@eli.org.il
Web site: www.eliusa.org (English) 

Tali Lavanon
Affiliation: Director, Israel Trauma Coalition
Tel.: 972-2-586-6385        
E-mail: taly.levanon@itc-office.org.il 

International emergency medical services

Bernard Barrett
Affiliation: Jerusalem Representative, International Committee of the Red Cross
Tel.: 972-02-582-8845 

Municipality officials

Ashkelon

Spokesperon for Ashkelon Municipality
Tel.: 972-054-990-8385 (cell) 

Be'ersheva

Amit Reingold
Affiliation: Head of Be'ersheva Emergency Situation Room
Tel.: 972-057-795-5727 (cell) 

Netivot

Yechiel Zohar
Affiliation: Mayor, city of Netivot
Tel.: 972-08-993-8701; 972-08-993-8701; 972-08-993-8700 

Benny Cohen
Affiliation: Spokesperson, city of Netivot
Tel.: 972-08-993-8766; 972-054-667-7266 (cell) 

Erez Kidhar
Affiliation: Head of security, city of Netivot
(Languages: English and Spanish)
Tel.: 972-054-667-7861 (cell) 

Sderot

Elena Biryukova
Affiliation: Sderot City Council (Russian-speaking)
Tel.: 972-08-662-0208; 972-054-694-4149 (cell) 

Gal Sima
Affiliation: Spokeswoman, Sderot municipality
Tel.: 972-08-662-0206; 972-050-525-4040 (cell)

Shalom Halevi
Affiliation: Assistant to Sderot Mayor
Tel.: 972-08-662-0242 

Yoram Martziano
Affiliation: Police Liaison Office
Tel.: 972-08-662-0404; 972-050-545-9427 (cell)
Fax: 972-08-662-0410 

Gregory Mezin
Affiliation: Assistant to Ashkelon Municipality spokesperson
Tel.: 972-050-899-8698 (cell) 

Elena Biryukova
Affiliation: Sderot City Council
Tel.: 972-08-662-0208 

Schools in Sderot

Gill
Neve Eshkol
Tel.: 972-08- 689-7079 

HaRoea
Mivtza Sinai St.
Tel.: 972-08-689-7285 

Maoz
Yoseftal
Tel.: 972-08- 689-7021 

Religious School for Science
4 HaDekel St.
Tel.: 972-08- 661-1133 

School for Science
906 KK"L st.
Tel.: 972-08-689-4317

Shikmim (religious)
10 Cicar Ha Nasi St. Sderot
Tel.: 972-08- 689-7043

Yesodi HaTora (religious)
120 Moshe Rabeno St.
Tel.: 972-08-689-1596

Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council

Alon Schuster
Affiliation: Head of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Tel.: 972-054-675-5111 (cell) 

Sigal Gozi-Appenger
Affiliation: Office Manager of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Tel.: 972-08- 680-6225 

Eliahu Segel
Affiliation: General Manager of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Tel.: 972-08-689-7223; 972-054-675-5112 (cell) 

Michal Shaban
Affiliation: Spokesperson of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Tel.:972-054-675-5115 (cell) 

Eshkol Regional Council

Chaim Yellin
Affiliation: Head of Eshkol Regional Council
Tel.: 972-08-992-9102; 972-054-791-7222 (cell)
E-mail: mayor@eshkol-region.muni.il 

Rachel Shimshoni
Affiliation: Office Manager, Eshkol Regional Council
Tel.: 972-08-992-9102
E-mail: Rachel_s@eshkol-region.muni.il 

Mair Avergil
Affiliation: Secretary, Eshkol Regional Council
Tel.: 972-08-992-9141; 972-052-276-5051 (cell)
E-mail: mazkir@eshkol-region.muni.il 

Ronit Minker
Affiliation:Spokesperson, Eshkol Regional Council
Tel.: 972-052-426-9969 (cell)

Community leaders and social service organizations

Yehudit Be Hay
Affiliation: Trauma expert - works for NATAL (The Israel Center for Victims of Terror and War); local resident; speaks English, Spanish and basic Arabic
Tel.: 972-052-521-7855
E-mail: judithbk@netvision.net.il 

Aron Poulet
Affiliation: Head of social work services in Sderot
Tel.: 972-08-662-0273 (busy) 

Tima Sagie
Affiliation: Head Psychologist
Tel.: 972-08-662-4000 

Miriam Sasi
Affiliation: Head of Sderot's Education Department
Tel.: 972-08-662-4000 

Raneta Shulomov
Affiliation: Russian-speaking resident and head of a social project in Sderot
Tel.: 972-054-668-9014 (cell) 

Dalia Yosef
Affiliation: Heads a project that deals with community protection services
Tel.: 972-054-471-3268 (cell) 

Other workers in the area

Eddy Arad
Affiliation: UIAC Youth project Coordinator (English/Spanish)
Tel.: 972-054-764-3246 

Karen
Affiliation: Police Spokeswoman, Lachish District
Tel.: 972-050-764-3123 

Ofer Shushan
Affiliation: Home-front commander
Tel.: 972-057-815-2196
Erik (Spokesperson)
Tel.: 972-057-815-4399 

Tamir Simon
Affiliation: Sapir College
Tel.: 972-08-680-2778; 972-054-675-5245 (cell) 

Other Contacts from Gaza Border Region

Rafi Babian
Affiliation: Security Sdot Negev (Border Police)
Tel.: 972-050-558-4909 

Ilan
Affiliation: Spokesperson Israel Electric Company southern district
Tel.: 972-04-818-4900; 972-052-399-5566 

Gil
Affiliation: IDF Erez Checkpoint Spokesperson
Tel.: 972-050-624-6425 

Dr. Dvora Hacohen
Affiliation: Land of Israel Studies, Bar-Ilan University
Fields: Intelligence services; Mossad and GSS; Media and the security establishment; Role of the media in political extremism
Tel.: 972-02-563-6667 (home)

Zeev Safrai
Affiliation: Professor, Land of Israel Studies, Bar-Ilan University
Fields: Survivors of Terror Attacks