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As more troops survive injuries, some credit battlefield transfusions of whole blood.

IDF only military in the world currently performing procedure pioneered by US army; while no proof yet to declare it a panacea, fight against Hezbollah may prove its worth. In the Second Lebanon War, 14.9 percent of wounded IDF soldiers… Read more

Many new volunteers join MDA, inspired by Amit Man.

Since the horrors of October 7, Dani Shverglas and Ophir Peled knew they had to do something. They both joined a Magen David Adom first aid course, and after three months of theory, they are ready to put their knowledge into practice in the field… Read more

Three MDA paramedics dedicate their Yom HaZikaron shifts to October 7 victims.

Our teams are used to operating at the scenes of terror attacks, but what they experienced on October 7 was a completely different type of event. Some of them faced terrorists head-on, some suffered rockets falling right beside them, some were injured, and four lost… Read more

With new losses to mourn, MDA observes Yom HaZikaron.

Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for soldiers who fell in battle and for the victims of terror, hits differently this year, just seven months since the October 7 massacre and the ongoing war in Gaza. Since the beginning of the war, Magen David Adom has… Read more

Woman of Valor: Meet MDA paramedic Yonat, a mother of two, who just returned from Gaza.

Yonat Daskal Dagan, a paramedic with Magen David Adom, is one of the approximately 56,000 Israeli women have fought in the current war in Gaza. In order to accompany soldiers with the IDF’s Nahal Brigade, Dagan, the mother of two toddlers, relied on her own… Read more

Paramedic Oshrit Hadad to light national Yom HaAtzma’ut torch.

On Monday night, paramedic Oshrit Hadad will light a ceremonial torch at the State of Israel’s official 76th Independence Day ceremony as a representative of Magen David Adom. On October 7, 22-year-old Hadad was instrumental in setting up a field hospital at Shuva Junction, where… Read more

Magen Project expands to Druze community.

The spiritual leader of the Druze community of Israel met with officials from Magen David Adom to discuss incorporating Israel’s Druze community into MDA’s Magen Project. At the meeting, MDA delivered medical equipment and designated funding to train members of the Druze community as… Read more

MDA saved lives during the Holocaust.

During the Second World War, the threat of German bombings in the Land of Israel was never far away, and in fact happened when Germany and Italy bombed the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. Prior to these attacks, MDA prepared for the possibility and… Read more

Fox News’ Guy Benson interviews former MDA EMT, current Columbia student.

A Jewish Columbia University student who hails from Israel and served as a national medic and IDF servicemember called out anti-Israel protesters whose chaos has metastasized nationally in an interview with Fox News’ Guy Benson . The 20-year-old medical student, who is referred as “Ethan,” offered commentary… Read more

‘My house turned into an emergency room.’ The story of an EMT on Oct 7.

The story of Kfar Aza. Omer Caspi, an MDA employee in the Lachish region, lives in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, which came under heavy attack that Saturday. “At 6:28 AM, I awoke to a heavy barrage of rockets. After some time, it became… Read more