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Saved by a hair’s breadth.

After suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing at his hair salon, barber Kiko Mizrahi met with the MDA team who saved his life. Kiko Mizrahi, center, holding a defibrillator, flanked by the MDA team that saved his life. One afternoon, barber Kiko Mizrahi, 50, was closing… Read more

Atara Shabo: portrait of resilience.

Atara Shabo flanked by her niece Uri and father, Boaz. When Atara Shabo was a teenager, a terrorist broke into her family’s house, murdered her mother and three of her siblings, and seriously injured two of her other siblings. Magen David Adom EMT Netanel… Read more

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service.

MDA paramedic and Tribu founder Michaela Berku shares the power of volunteering at the 2025 Women Leaders Summit. Michaela Berku, a dedicated Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedic, philanthropist, and former international model, spoke at the Jerusalem Post’s 2025 Women Leaders Summit in an… Read more

Dovrat Weizer: MDA is Israel’s medical Iron Dome.

During the Women Leaders Summit, Weizer shared her leadership journey and the critical needs of MDA. “Magen David Adom is Israel’s medical Iron Dome,” Dovrat Weizer, Chairwoman of Women of MDA, stated at The Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit… Read more

Druze MDA teams accompany Syrian Druze clerics during pilgrimage.

A delegation of approximately 60 clerics from the Syrian Druze religious community visited holy sites in Israel in an historic vistit. Magen David Adom EMTs and paramedics of Druze background accompanied the Syrian delegation throughout the pilgrimage to ensure the clerics were in good health. Read more

In an instant: from teaching to saving a life.

MDA first aid instructor saves a life during a high school training session. During a first aid training session for tenth graders at a high school in Jaffa, EMT Batya Tugendhaft had the opportunity to save a life in front of her students. Coincidentally, a… Read more

MDA Director-General Eli Bin on the demolition of Kibbutz Be’eri’s clinic.

Today, the dental clinic in Kibbutz Be’eri was demolished—the very place where Amit Man, of blessed memory, a dedicated Magen David Adom paramedic, fought for the lives of her wounded patients until her last breath. The Kibbutz Be’eri clinic Interior of the Kibbutz Be’eri clinic… Read more

MDA declares one dead, treats four others in Haifa stabbing attack.

Following a stabbing attack in Haifa, a large Magen David Adom team comprised of ambulances, Mobile Intensive Care Units, and Medicycles rushed to the scene to provide lifesaving medical treatment to four injured people. Those injured in the terrorist attack at Haifa’s Lev HaMifratz central… Read more

MDA treats 10 injured in Karkur Junction car ramming.

After a car plowed into pedestrians at Karkur Junction, Magen David Adom immediately dispatched Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICU), ambulances, and Medicycles to the scene where they provided medical treatment to 10 injured people, before transporting them to Hillel Yafe Medical Center. MDA Blood Services… Read more

MDA accompanies Bibas funeral cortege.

Tens of thousands of Israelis lined the streets to show their love and support for the Bibas family as Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas were laid to rest near their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. Magen David Adom teams secured the route and were there… Read more