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Revived amid the sirens.

Seventy-four-year-old Asher Kassus began to feel unwell during Friday evening Shabbat prayers at his local Kiryat Yam synagogue. He walked home, lay down, and hoped the discomfort would pass. When he didn’t feel better, Kassus went upstairs to ask his neighbor for help. A moment… Read more

How MDA’s volunteer midwives show up when it matters most.

Gila Zarbiv had two dreams as a child: to live in Israel and to become a midwife. At 41, she has achieved both, and she’s still not done. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she immigrated at 20 after a first visit at age eight… Read more

On Israel’s frontlines, MDA mothers juggle lifesaving work and raising children.

As Mother’s Day approaches, Israel’s national emergency medical service is highlighting the role of mothers among its staff and volunteers, many of whom have been working under wartime conditions while raising families. Magen David Adom,… Read more

Israel registers 45% rise in mental health-related emergencies.

Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency service, has expanded its health emergency response unit amid a 45% rise in mental health-related emergencies over the past year, MDA said on Tuesday. Attributing the sharp increase to the continued strain of… Read more

Under fire, MDA volunteer responds to life-threatening allergic reaction.

As missile alert sirens sounded during Operation Roaring Lion, Magen David Adom teams saved a man from a life-threatening allergic reaction in Moshav Liman in the Western Galilee. MDA volunteer Michal Mizrahi, 45 and a mother of three, responded within minutes despite the missile threat. Read more

MDA hosts conference on breastmilk banking and breastfeeding advancement.

Approximately 100 medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, officials from the Ministry of Health, and breastfeeding advocates from across Israel, convened at the Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla for a specialized conference on expanding breastmilk banking and promoting breastfeeding in Israel. The event was… Read more

MDA opens emergency clinic in Lebanon border kibbutz.

Kibbutz Misgav Am sits along Israel’s border with Lebanon. Magen David Adom has established an emergency clinic inside a shelter in Kibbutz Misgav Am, a community along Israel’s northern border. The clinic is equipped with CPR equipment, first aid supplies, bandages, medications, beds, and more… Read more

Man suffers cardiac arrest in Tel Aviv shelter, revived by MDA teams.

Magen David Adom EMTs, paramedics, and Professor Kobi Shaham, director of the cardiac intensive care unit at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov and an MDA volunteer ambulance driver, responded to a call regarding a man who suffered cardiac arrest in a public shelter in Tel… Read more

ICRC Israel delegation chief tours MDA facilities amid ongoing war.

From left: Julien Lerisson, Eli Bin, and Uri Shacham Julien Lerisson, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation in Israel, visited Magen David Adom’s Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla where he toured the milk bank, the emergency dispatch center,… Read more

At least four killed in strike in northern Israel.

Israeli rescue workers on Monday recovered the last of four bodies that were trapped overnight in the ruins of a residential building in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, a full 18 hours after an Iranian missile crashed… Read more