Ambulances

Shooting in Iranian city of Zahedan sparks mass security response, city shutdown - report

Several ambulances were dispatched to the area, and checkpoints were established on nearby streets, according to the Iran International report. 

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
In recent days, the Basij and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, together with the police, have set up checkpoints across the streets of Tehran and other cities, some of which have been targeted in Israeli attacks. This photo dates back to previous months.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis attends the scene after four Hatzolah ambulances were set on fire overnight on March 23, 2026 in London, England.

London Jews warn of security crisis after antisemitic arson attacks

On Tuesday, the London Assembly Fire Committee met to discuss LFB response to the antisemitic arson attacks that occurred between March and May 2026, including the burning of Hatzolah ambulances.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Magen David Adom National Operations Center.

Magen David Adom ends year with nearly two million dispatches as Rosh Hashanah approaches

During the Hebrew year 5786, which comes to a close over the weekend, Magen David Adom marked 96 years of activity of engaging in life-saving activities.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A bomb disposal truck leaves the area while military personnel form a security cordon following explosions that left people dead and injured at the "Bolivar" Mechanized Artillery Regiment, in Viacha, Bolivia, September 4, 2026.

Explosion at Bolivia military base kills at least two people, leaves 14 missing

The blast occurred at around 2:30 p.m. local time in an area used to store pyrotechnic material, authorities said.

|ByREUTERS

Muslim EMT and Jewish volunteers save disabled woman's life together

The efficient treatment of these three Hatzalah volunteers managed to resuscitate her.

APRIL 6, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A UNITED HATZALAH ambucycle is seen with Jerusalem in the background

'Exciting': Ambulance driver helps deliver baby in unexpected house call

"That was such an exciting moment," Schachde said.

MARCH 18, 2021BySARAH BEN-NUN
Ambulance driver Khaled Schachde with the newborn baby girl he helped deliver, March 18, 2021.

Jewish, Muslim EMTs perform lifesaving CPR in tandem

The two volunteers, EMTs Keren Ezouz and Imad Zoabi, responded to the scene after the mother of the victim alerted United Hatzalah that her son collapsed for unknown reasons.

JANUARY 21, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(L-R) United Hatzalah EMT volunteers Imad Zoabi, Keren Ezouz and Adi Kanias

Magen David Adom in 2020: A year in numbers

MDA collected 3,456,450 coronavirus tests in 2020 and had vaccinated 60,000 people as of Sunday.

JANUARY 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing seen outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, September 6, 2020

Woman gives birth on Highway 4 near Ashkelon

Two EMTs arrived to find out that the woman was already in the advanced stages of labor within her car, and would have to give birth then and there.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Heavy traffic jam on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv due to construction work, on June 11, 2020

Brooklyn’s Orthodox women’s EMT service gets right to operate

New York State’s Regional Emergency Medical Services Council granted an ambulance permit Thursday to Ezras Nashim

AUGUST 15, 2020ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
An ambulance car carries an Italian patient infected with coronavirus arrives at the Helios hospital in Leipzig, Germany, March 25, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues

MDA uses ambulance bus to evacuate nine from southern Israel nursing home

The transferal of the nursing home residents would have otherwise needed nine ambulances to perform said task.

JULY 6, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER
MDA uses ambulance bus to evacuate nine from southern Israel nursing home

Magen David Adom builds ambulance bus with potential for 13 patients

The first-of-its-kind ambulance bus can also transport 14 emergency medical staff.

MAY 15, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
Magen David Adom staff and IDF officers standing in front of the newly built ambulance-bus

Ambulance Union calls for urgent assistance amid coronavirus crisis

Ambulances are operated by independent and non-profit organizations, and so the damage so far to all the companies within the union is estimated at NIS 5.6 million.

APRIL 30, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
A United Hatzalah ambulance in northern Israel(United Hatzalah)

Coming up with revolutionary ideas

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019ByELI BEER
MDA ambulance at the scene of a stabbing in Afula