People think of Magen David Adom as the organization that saves people’s lives in Israel. But sometimes the organization is focused on saving the quality of their life. Such is the mission of Magen David Adom’s Wish Ambulance, a specially equipped ambulance that takes seriously ill patients on outings to realize a dream they wouldn’t […]
Two Israeli men, both in their 20s, were stabbed in an apparent terrorist attack Monday near a train stop on Jerusalem’s Rekevet light rail system. “When we arrived at the scene, we saw two victims, [both] conscious, with stab wounds to their upper bodies,” said Magen David Adom paramedic Sigalit Mizrachi. Photos from the scene […]
The terrorist group Hamas agreed to a ceasefire with Israel that took place in the pre-dawn hours Friday morning Israel time, but not before rocket attacks injured nine people, all of whom were treated by Magen David Adom. Two of the casualties, MDA said, were injured by shards of glass, shrapnel, and the blast wave. […]