Magen David Adom

MDA responds to 3,035 calls over Yom Kippur

Nearly 300 faint or suffer dehydration as a result of the fast. 170 women taken to the hospital in labor.

MDA, International Red Cross agree to continue cooperation

Magen David Adom, Red Cross sign agreement to cooperate on improving emergency preparedness, strengthening resilience to disasters.

MDA launches campaign for additional ambulances due to Hezbollah threat

Magen David Adom seeks to add 300 new ambulances in response to fears war could break out on Israel's northern border.

Magen David Adom sends rescue teams to Morocco after earthquake kills 2,000

1 team to operate field hospital, another to perform search and rescue operations

MDA sends rescue teams to Morocco after earthquake kills 2,000

MDA saves woman who had heart attack while driving

58-year-old woman who suffered heart attack while driving home is alive thanks to a passerby and rapid response of Magen David Adom.

MDA awards commendation pins to team present at Jerusalem shooting attack

MDA pin awarded to MDA volunteers Nadav Wineberg, who was seriously injured, and his brother Boaz, who saved his life in a terror attack.

MDA awards commendation pins to team present at shooting attack

1 killed, 3 hurt in motorcycle drive-by shooting in north

Teenager killed, father-son previously convicted for manslaughter injured in criminal shooting near Gan Shmuel.

2 dead in car accidents in under an hour

Motorcyclist killed in collision with another vehicle in center as man killed when his vehicle overturns in the south.

Cardiac-arrest patient in Bnei Brak saved against all odds

New ECMO ambulance marks first time in Israel that heart-lung bypass technology has been used in the field.

New ambulance will allow ECMO treatments in the field

For the first time in Israel: New ambulance will allow cardiac arrest patients to be connected to ECMO in the pre-hospital setting.

IFCJ donates fourth mobile ICU to benefit communities in northern Israel

In historic display of support for Druze community, IFCJ funds MDA mobile ICU to serve Carmel, Galilee, and Golan Heights villages.

Fourth mobile ICU will benefit communities in northern Israel

4-year-old dies after being left in hot car

Doctors unable to revive boy after he suffers severe heatstroke from being left in a hot car for an extended time.

Magen David Adom upgrades Israel’s Air Ambulance service

2 new Intensive Care Helicopters with advanced capabilities join fleet of rescue vehicles, will improve flight medical response times.

International Collaboration: MDA hosts delegation of Irish paramedics

International Collaboration: Irish medical personnel visit Magen David Adom to study emergency preparedness and response.

MDA prepares to offer medical care during Jerusalem Day

Magen David Adom prepares for possible medical emergencies as thousands expected at annual Flag March.

MDA: 19 rocket victims treated today, 51 this week

Magen David Adom updates on number of people treated for injuries and anxiety caused by Islamic Jihad rocket attacks.

MDA raises alert level amidst Gaza conflict

Magen David Adom issues call for public to donate blood as Gaza terror groups launch hundreds of rockets at Israel.

MDA ambulances to stop using siren similar to red alert warning

Magen David Adom director general instructs emergency vehicles to prevent use of alarming sound siren to prevent unnecessary public panic.

MDA Tracing Services helps Holocaust survivors locate relatives

Tracing Services department receives 150 family tracing requests for Holocaust survivors in the last year.

Dozens of MDA volunteers and staff marched along the paths of Jewish history in Poland

50 Magen David Adom staff and volunteers visit multiple Nazi death camps ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Dozens of MDA staff walk the paths of Jewish history in Poland

4-year-old boy drowns in pool in Golan Heights on eve of Passover

MDA medics, paramedics attempt for over an hour to revive child who was found unresponsive in Katzrin.

Watch: Book of Esther read at MDA national center

MDA's national call center, along with responding to emergency calls, also held a megillah reading.

Terror victim Yagel Yaakov Yaniv was due to complete MDA EMT course next week

20-year-old man murdered in shooting attack yesterday dreamed of joining MDA Medicycle Responders’ Unit so he could save lives.

Terror victim Yagel Yaakov Yaniv was due to complete EMT course

Mother, baby seriously injured in Be'er Sheva apartment fire

5 people injured in apartment fire, including 30-year-old woman and her year and a half-year-old son.

MDA paramedic in Türkiye: Time is critical to save lives because of extreme cold

Israeli team rescues 2, including 12-year-old boy, in Kahramanmaraş. Another team attempting to rescue man in Marash.

MDA, Hatzolah Air to jointly provide Medevac Helicopter services in Israel

Partnership will put MDA’s flight paramedics aboard Hatzolah Air and MDA Medevac helicopters to provide medical evacuations in Israel.

MDA, Hatzolah Air to provide Medevac copter services in Israel

2 killed in major car accident in German Colony, Jerusalem

Efforts underway to rescue woman trapped in overturned vehicle. Driver, pedestrian declared dead at the scene.

Hard-core cycling group’s hard-learned lesson three years ago led to saving a life today

Cycling group of fit, active men over 60 save one of their members during biking trip in desert canyon thanks to portable defribillator.

Cycling group’s lesson 3 years ago led to a saved life today

MDA volunteers treat 1,000 patients on New Year's Eve

MDA EMTs and paramedics treat 61 traffic accident victims, 17 victims of violence on last day of 2022

MDA volunteers respond to 1.3 million calls in 2022

Magen David Adom summarizes its activities over the past year.

MDA, Israeli hospital head to Ethiopia to share trauma treatment

Delegation of Health, Foreign Ministris, and UN World Food Program head to Ethiopia to share trauma treatment with local medical teams.

Israeli medical staff head to Ethiopia to share trauma treatment

MDA medics reunited with boy they saved on Hanukkah 21 years ago

2-year-old Tzur nearly drowned in a pond on Hanukkah. 21-years-later the MDA team who saved his life meets him again.

Elderly man nearly chokes on jelly donut

70-year-old man hospitalized in serious condition after nearly choking on Hanukkah treat.

MDA paramedic responding to stone-throwing attack finds son is the victim

19-year-old man hurt in stone-throwing attack in southern Mount Hebron, father part of MDA team called to the scene.

MDA paramedic responding to attack finds son is the victim

Man, woman killed in traffic accident in the south

Couple killed in collision with truck carrying many cars on Highway 90 near Kibbutz Yahel.

Magen David Adom Makes its A.I. Dispatch Software Available to Hatzalah in United States

MDA showcases its A.I.-powered dispatch software to Hatzalah organizations from across the United States at the Hatzalah Expo in New Jersey.

MDA Shows its A.I. Dispatch Software to Hatzalah in US

4-year-old killed by falling cupboard in his home

Child safety organization warns parents to secure all furniture over 75 CM off the ground after tragedy in Mercaz Shapira.

MDA participates in international multi-casualty incident drill in Spain

Magen David Adom joined an international multi-casualty drill that featured 3 different scenes representing 3 different sized incidents.

MDA treats 2,741 people over Yom Kippur

1,920 people hospitalized, 268 fainted, were dehydrated or felt unwell directly because of the fast.

Israel's emergency services to automatically dispatch each other

One call fits all: MDA, police, and fire services will now automatically dispatch each other, thanks to software created by MDA.