News

Update from Director-General Eli Bin.

“MDA is prepared across the entire country to care for all the injured, in all areas of the country,” says Director-General Eli Bin. “Today, more than ever, we need your help and support for MDA and the State of Israel.”… Read more

MDA Chief of Staff Uri Shacham on CNN.

“The operation consists of responding to rocket attacks where people are hit by shrapnel and going into scenes where people have been shot at and putting our teams’ lives in danger in order to save others,” says MDA Chief of Staff Uri Shacham. Read more

Twenty Sderot yeshiva students volunteer for MDA.

Eighteen-year-old student Dvir Mordian volunteers for MDA. Students at the Afikei Daat Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot awoke to the sound of red alert sirens on Saturday. Approximately 20 students at the yeshiva are Magen David Adom volunteers who went to help treat the wounded and… Read more

MDA EMT goes abroad, but gets no break from his job saving lives.

Uzi Perlmutter was enjoying a vacation in Montenegro, but he couldn’t take a break from his role as a Magen David Adom EMT and ambulance driver. While he was on his way by taxi to visit a scenic coastal town, he passed an accident scene,… Read more

Father and son recount their experiences with MDA.

Dr. Michael Block and Evan Block, 20, had the chance to save a life as a father-son duo on an ambulance crew in Tel Aviv. The Blocks, who live in Englewood Cliffs volunteered this summer for Magen David Adom. MDA is Israel’s primary emergency and… Read more

Ambulance Chicago donor gifted to Israel ends up leading his funeral.

Harry Greenwald died before the emergency vehicle, made in Indiana, could travel to Israel. Harry Greenwald, a leading plastics entrepreneur and U.S. Navy veteran, and his wife Brenda Kolar donated an ambulance to Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency service. Read more

MDA signs new agreement with International Committee of the Red Cross.

The two organizations will strengthen their partnership. Magen David Adom, which has been Israel’s representative to the International Committee of the Red Cross since 2006, signed an agreement with the ICRC to continue in that role.“The ICRC is pleased to begin the Jewish new year… Read more

MDA fundraises for new ambulances due to fear of war with Hezbollah.

Magen David Adom announces an emergency campaign for 300 new ambulances to add to its current fleet of 1,400. This would be triple the number of ambulances the national emergency response organization usually adds to its fleet annually. MDA is specifically focused on… Read more

Rosh HaShanah message from Eli Bin.

In this Rosh HaShanah video, Eli Bin, the director-general of Magen David Adom in Israel, expresses his gratitude to donors and sends his wishes for a Shanah Tovah, a good new year. Bin conveys the centrality of MDA to the State of Israel, describing how MDA is the… Read more

Fear of missile attacks by Hezbollah prompts MDA to launch campaign for additional ambulances.

MDA’s Ambulance Emergency Campaign aims to add 300 ambulancesto its fleet of 1,400. Or Yehuda, Israel (September 13, 2023) — In response to growing concerns about the security of Israel’s northern border and the fear it could lead to an armed conflict, Magen David Adom,… Read more