“While I was still at the UN, I became aware of the remarkable heroism shown by Magen David Adom (MDA) medics on October 7, such as Amit Man, a young paramedic who was slain while saving lives in the Kibbutz Be’eri clinic, and Aharon Haimov, an EMT and ambulance driver from Ofakim who was killed by Hamas terrorists while en route to treat the critically wounded,” says Ambassador Gilad Erdan, the global president of MDA. “I was so deeply moved by their devotion and sacrifice, that I chose to take on a role raising awareness about MDA’s critical mission.” Erdan adds that while he served as ambassador to the UN, he had already been championing Israel’s medics and working to educate the public about Hamas’s intentional targeting of Israeli humanitarian workers. “While I was at the UN, I was already working to disprove the lies of Israel’s enemies who say that we target hospitals, although it is they, in fact, who targeted and destroyed MDA ambulances and murdered MDA personnel while they worked to save lives.”
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