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Health · Full coverage

Two Workers Hospitalized in Haifa After Eating Toxic Wild Plant Soup

How 4 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.

Two Workers Hospitalized in Haifa After Eating Toxic Wild Plant Soup
75% right-leaning
Center 1Right 3

By יעל אנקר

First reported by Behadrei Haredim · Aug 3, 2026

What happened

Two Thai workers in Haifa were hospitalized after eating soup made from the toxic wild plant Nicotiana glauca. One remains in critical condition at Rambam Medical Center, while the other is recovering. The hospital warns against consuming unidentified wild plants due to poisoning risks.

  • 01Two Thai workers hospitalized in Haifa after eating soup from toxic wild plant Nicotiana glauca.
  • 02One patient is in critical condition, sedated and ventilated; the other is stable and improving.
  • 03The plant contains anabasine, causing severe poisoning symptoms including respiratory failure.
  • 04No antidote exists; treatment is supportive until the toxin clears from the body.
  • 05Rambam urges public not to consume unidentified wild plants and to bring samples to hospitals if poisoning is suspected.

Summary translated & synthesized from the sources below by baba. Read each original for the full report.

In this story
People
OrganizationsRambam Medical Center, National Poison Information Center
PlacesHaifa, Israel, Thailand, Haifa coastal region

Full coverage · 4 outlets

The same event, reported separately by each newsroom. Open a few to compare what each emphasizes — and what they leave out.

Now 14Right · HebrewAug 3, 2026
Two Workers Hospitalized in Haifa After Eating Toxic Wild Plant Soup
MaarivCenter · HebrewAug 3, 2026
Two Thai Workers Hospitalized in ICU After Eating Toxic Wild Tobacco Plant in Israel
Kikar HaShabbatRight · HebrewAug 3, 2026
Two Thai Workers Hospitalized After Poisoning From Wild Tobacco Plant Soup in Israel
Behadrei HaredimRight · HebrewAug 3, 2026
Two Thai Workers Hospitalized in ICU After Eating Toxic Wild Tobacco Plant in Israel

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