"I’ll keep showing up:" MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days. - AFMDA
News  |  May 29, 2025  |  International Press

“I’ll keep showing up:” MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days.

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“We’re still on high alert. Without MDA in the field on October 7 — and every day since — the Israeli medical system wouldn’t have functioned,” said Alisa Krant.
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Alisa Krant, a Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedic who saved dozens on October 7, 2023, stated that the past 600 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas War have been the most challenging professionally and mentally. 

Despite challenges, the 23-year-old returned to the field to continue her work with determination and resilience, she explained.

“People ask me all the time, ‘How did you do it?’ But how could I not do it?” Krant said, reflecting on the horrors of October 7 and the stress of the past 600 days as a paramedic.

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