Magen David Adom

MDA ambulances and intensive care vehicles arrive from US

The vehicles will help Magen David Adom in treating the wounded of the "Iron Swords" war.

Major Oriel Bibi OBM

A man of values and life-saving volunteering

IDF Officer and MDA volunteer, Major Oriel Bibi, fell in the "Iron Swords" war.

Eyewitness testimony:

'I told children how to act after their parents were murdered'

An MDA dispatcher tells Arutz Sheva about the horrifying calls to the MDA as the Hamas invasion began.

Senior MDA EMT murdered in his home by Hamas terrorists

Aviya Hezroni's friends tell of a man of great giving who put MDA and saving lives as the first priority.

Magen David Adom treats hundreds during day of bloodshed

MDA teams on high alert across the country, blood drives underway in different cities after hundreds murdered by Hamas.

Ambulance driver shot to death in southern Israel

Aharon Haimov, a senior medic and ambulance driver, was killed by terrorist gunfire during the Hamas invasion of Israel.

Israelis donating blood to save lives

The following are the updated blood donation venues

Near Beit Shemesh

Bus carrying youth group members overturns: 50 hurt, 1 seriously

Dozens injured when shuttle bus Eshtaol overturns near Eshtaol. Police close road to allow tratment of the injured.

Man injured in fall while building sukkah

A businessman from Rehovot was injured falling from a ladder as he built his sukkah.

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.

Rabbi collapses in Jerusalem yeshiva

One of the Rabbis of a Jerusalem yeshiva was rushed to hospital care after he collapsed on Saturday night.

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.

Due to Hezbollah threat:

MDA launches campaign for additional ambulances

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

The medic who saved the same girl's life twice

Meir Shalev saved 4-year-old Ofri from a deadly allergy attack two separate times. within two years.

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

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

Two drownings in less than an hour

Two individuals pulled from water without vital signs inside a single hour. Only one survived.

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 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.

Man dead in car fire in northern Israel

A man was found dead in a car after it had already been extinguished by firefighters.

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.

'I'm afraid to look outside'

The MDA has released the chilling recording of the woman who reported the shooting attack in Maale Adumim.

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 will 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.

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.

Parents of terror victim receive his EMT certification from MDA

MDA Director General Eli Bin presented the parents of terror victim Yagel Yaakov Yaniv with his EMT certificate.

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.

Bus torched in Jerusalem

A driver turning into the wrong neighborhood of Jerusalem had his bus set on fire. He escaped with only mild injuries.

MDA honors fallen first responders

Yom Hazikaron – Memorial Day for soldiers who fell in Israel's wars, and the victims of terror.

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 staff walk the paths of Jewish history in Poland

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

Passover eve tragedy:

4-year-old boy drowns in pool in Golan Heights

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

Parent 1, Parent 2:

Restore original text of MDA blood donor forms, demands MK Maoz

Government action could solve ongoing blood shortages, says Noam party leader.

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.

Couple killed in Negev plane crash

Roni and Lilach Shusha were killed Saturday morning when their light airplane crashed in the Negev desert.

Jerusalem:

Three children killed in car accident

MDA teams administered medical care to the three children and brought them to area hospitals, where they were pronounced dead.

'Parent 1, Parent 2':

MDA continues to resist restoring "Father" and "Mother" to forms

Likud, Religious Zionism, Shas, Noam all signed coalition commitment to restore original version, but no progress has been made.

Terror victim Yagel Yaakov Yaniv was due to complete EMT course

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

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.

Earthquake in Turkey:

'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.

Volunteer's car stolen while he saved gunshot victim

Shmuel Segal performed CPR on a gunshot victim to keep him alive until he reached a hospital, and returned to find his car stolen.

Deadly accident:

Mother of four, IDF female officer killed near Tel Nof Airbase

IDF officer in her 20s and Odelia Taitz Rodriguez, a mother of four children, killed in accident in central Israel.

MDA, Hatzolah Air to provide Medevac copter services in Israel

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

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

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.

Israeli medical staff 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.

MDA conference: Donating breast milk can save lives

'For premature infants, breast milk is medicine.' MDA hosts conference highlighting importance of maintaining breast milk bank.

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 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.

One Gush Etzion family, 12 MDA volunteers

Volunteering through the generations: Meet the Noimans, a family with 12 volunteer paramedics in MDA, saving lives together for many years.

Man, woman killed in traffic accident in the south

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