Ambulances

Hatzolah Air flies Israeli hero Gefen Bitton home after Sydney terror attack

Founder Eli Rowe pilots 40-hour air-ambulance mission to bring the wounded Israeli to Sheba Medical Center for continued care; complex evacuation coordinated across four countries.

Hatzolah Air flies Israeli hero Gefen Bitton home after Sydney terror attack.
Magen David Adom vehicles.

MDA deploys an ambulance every 22 seconds through 2025, with more than 1 million calls

United Hatzalah launched a new unit of emergency response vehicles, December 9, 2025.

Closer to our 90 second goal: How United Hatzalah's ambuscooter can save more lives - opinion

A United Hatzalah training drill featuring the Medevac flying ambulance

Hundreds of Kafr Kassem youth learn CPR, First Aid in United Hatzalah outreach event


Kibbutz Alumim ambulance driver and EMT battled terrorists for four hours and evacuated the wounded

“We were fighting for our homes. Anyone else would have done the same.”

 MDA ambulances

On October 7, an MDA ambulance driver and EMT used his volunteer experience to save lives

Rafi Samet was shot by Hamas terrorists but continued to work: “I quickly bandaged myself up and got back to work.

 MDA ambulances

MDA paramedic continued saving lives of wounded even after son was murdered by Hamas

Zvi Reider, MDA paramedic and kibbutz ambulance driver on Kibbutz Sa’ad, says, “I decided to focus on saving lives.”

 MDA Paramedic

Armored ambulance campaign: Keeping memory of the fallen alive

How a new campaign is memorializing two heroic fallen soldiers/MDA volunteers.

 Maj. (Res.) Amishar Ben David

Since his last heart attack, a secret ambulance has been following Netanyahu's convoy

The ambulance is unmarked, disguised as a civilian Savannah van, and travels at the end of Netanyahu's convoy.

 Benjamin Netanyahu

Hezbollah using ambulances for terrorist purposes, says IDF Arabic spox.

Two individuals who operated the ambulance, Musa and Muhammad Sheet, were claimed as Hezbollah members in January.

 An ambulance drives in the village of Dhayra, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, October 11, 2023.

Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather supports United Hatzalah volunteers' life-saving work


Franklin Graham dedicates ambulances to fallen Magen David Adom medics

In addition to the 14 ambulances, Samaritan's Purse is donating seven armored ambulances to MDA, which are still in production and are expected to be delivered this spring.

 The family of MDA volunteer doctor and senior physician at Soroka University Medical Center Beer Sheva Dr. Eitan Ne'eman with Samaritan's Purse president Rev. Franklin Graham standing in front of the ambulance, donated by the American Evangelical humanitarian aid organization in his memory.

The Heroes of Magen David Adom

Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's National Emergency Medical and Blood Services Organization, was first on the scene during events of October 7.

 Magen David Adom helicopters

Lights and Lifesavers - On Oct. 7, 19-year-old Yonatan left his yeshiva to treat the victims

“In the heat of the moment, you must stay calm, perform your duties, and don’t think about terrorists or other dangers,” Yonatan Rachamim, a United Hatzalah medic, says.

 Yonatan Rachamim, student at the hesder (pre-military) yeshiva in Kiryat Gat and a volunteer medic for United Hatzalah