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Meet Sapir Ganish, hero and life-saver on October 7.

Sapir didn’t let the pressure overwhelm her; she put aside her thoughts and needs in favor of those who required her help. On October 7, 2023, Sapir Ganish was awakened by the sound of rockets falling and interceptions by the Iron… Read more

MDA treats dozens at scene of truck ramming.

One killed, 32 injured, including 6 in serious, 7 moderate, and 20 mild condition, after being struck by truck. Large numbers of Magen David Adom teams were dispatched to Glilot Junction in central Israel, the site of a truck ramming, on Sunday. MDA paramedics, EMTs,… Read more

MDA medics treat nine injured in Majd al-Krum attack.

Following rocket fire from Hezbollah in Majd-Al Krum in the Galilee in northern Israel, Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs treated nine people injured by shrapnel. A woman and a man were declared dead in the hospital after receiving CPR. The others injured include an… Read more

MDA ambulance targeted by Hamas on October 7 now on display at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem.

Bullet-ridden ambulance, originally from Kibbutz Kissufim, honors those who saved lives under unimaginable conditions. A Magen David Adom ambulance that was intentionally targeted and disabled by Hamas on October 7 is currently on display at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem until the end of the week. Read more

MDA pronounces one dead, assists 14 wounded in northern Israel, due to Hezbollah rocket fire.

Following Hezbollah’s intense rocket fire from Lebanon towards northern Israel over the weekend, Magen David Adom EMTs and paramedics pronounced a 51-year-old man dead and provided medical treatment to 14 injured people in northern Israel. The areas hit by the rocket fire were Akko, Krayot,… Read more

After suffering cardiac arrest behind the wheel, Petach Tikva man reunites with MDA team who saved his life.

Early one morning, Ofer Churdekar, 49, awoke with severe chest pain. As he began driving himself from his home in Petach Tikva to the hospital, he stopped at a red light, went into cardiac arrest, and collapsed at the wheel. A passerby noticed that Churdekar… Read more

MDA responds to highway shooting attack, assisting three, neutralizing terrorist.

Magen David Adom dispatched teams on ambulances, Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICUs), and Medicycles to the scene of a shooting terror attack on Highway 4 near the Yavne interchange heading south. MDA EMTs and paramedics provided medical treatment to two injured people and brought them… Read more

MDA declares mass-casualty incident near Binyamina.

Magen David Adom declared a mass casualty event at the scene of a Hezbollah drone strike near Binyamina. Dozens of MDA EMTs and paramedics responded to calls to MDA’s emergency call center in ambulances, MICUs, and on Medicycles. MDA medics and an IDF medical team… Read more

MDA commemorates first anniversary of October 7 in moving ceremony.

Magen David Adom held a ceremony to mark one year since the Hamas terrorists invaded and attacked communities in southern Israel near Gaza killing 1,200 people, injuring thousands, and abducting more than 250 people. The fathers of MDA volunteers Shir Biton and Yarin Marie Peled,… Read more

MDA treats six injured in multi-site stabbing attack in Hadera.

Large numbers of Magen David Adom medics arrived in ambulances, Mobile Intensive Care Units, and Medicycles to search several sites in Hadera following a series stabbing attacks. It was a complicated attack across numerous locations. MDA treated one person in critical condition, one person in… Read more