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Volunteer’s cancer history informs her work in MDA’s Medicycle unit.

Liat Chihan Nachmani One of the newest members of Magen David Adom’s Medicycle unit is a survivor herself. Liat Chihan Nachmani has battled and beaten cancer not once, but twice. Nachmani, 40, yearned to help others after overcoming her own cancer diagnoses, so she began… Read more

Critically injured police officers reunite with MDA team who saved their lives.

Two police officers who were severely injured on October 7 met the Magen David Adom paramedics who saved their lives. Or Yosef, an operations officer, and Yoni Daskalo, an intelligence officer, from the Segev Shalom police station in the Negev, fought off terrorists throughout the… Read more

MDA volunteers celebrate wedding amidst war.

Hodaya wore her MDA vest over her wedding dress. Hodaya and Roni are volunteer medics with Magen David Adom who were planning to have a big wedding before Israel was attacked on October 7. Due to the war, the young couple decided to have a… Read more

Former U.S. VP Mike Pence thanks MDA in visit to national dispatch center.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and MDA Director-General Eli Bin. Former American Vice President Mike Pence visited Magen David Adom’s national dispatch center in Kiryat Ono on Saturday, as part of a solidarity mission.   While visiting MDA’s dispatch center, he learned about MDA’s… Read more

MDA’s Wish Ambulance made a wish come true for a critically injured reservist.

The MDA Wish Ambulance helped make a seriously injured reservist’s dream come true. Shlomo, a former MDA volunteer, enlisted in the IDF reserves after October 7, despite receiving an exemption. Three weeks ago, he was injured while serving in the Gaza Strip. Luckily, thanks to… Read more

Former Prime Minister Yair Lapid visits MDA, praises successful operations.

Yair Lapid in MDA’s 101 Emergency Call Center. Former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition MK Yair Lapid visited Magen David Adom’s National Operations Center in Kiryat Ono where he met with MDA Director-General Eli Bin and senior members of the management team. Read more

Watch now: 2023 in review.

2023 was a year without precedent for Israel. This is how Magen David Adom responded: increasing resources, numbers of first responders, blood supply, and training. Read more

Ravens exec raises money for MDA with branded sneakers.

Participation of Baltimore football executive in NFL charity project turns into novel wartime fundraising opportunity for Israel’s national medical emergency organization. Adam Neuman is chief of staff and special adviser to the president of the Baltimore Ravens football team. Although… Read more

Youth volunteer saves classmate who fainted during phys. ed.

Guy Alon noticed a classmate had fainted and sprang into action, saving his classmate’s life. Magen David Adom (MDA) Youth volunteer Guy Alon on Wednesday morning saved a classmate, who suffered cardiac arrest and fainted during physical education class in… Read more

Fallen soldier’s MDA parters: “Itamar saved many people’s lives both in MDA and the IDF.”

Itamar Shemen, who fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip, served as an IDF soldier and MDA volunteer paramedic. Magen David Adom (MDA) is mourning the death of Itamar Shemen, who fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Read more