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MDA’s Raphael Herbst at JPost Miami Summit

‘Helping and saving lives begins with infants’

Raphael Herbst ,Deputy Director International Relations Department  Magen David Adom
Amb. Gilad Erdan ,Magen David Adom Global President Israel’s former Ambassador to the UN

Magen David Adom stands ready to respond to any threat from Iran

United Hatzalah responded to a call after a man in his 50s was hit by the Jerusalem light rail in east Jerusalem on January 13, 2026.

Jerusalem man hit by light rail driver in training as storm causes widespread traffic accidents

Police on the scene of a kitesurfing incident in Bat Yam.

Fatal kitesurfing accident at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach: One dead, two injured due to extreme winds


Two wounded in West Bank terror ramming attack, terrorist thwarted

The terrorist was thwarted, and IDF troops were present on the scene.

 IDF soldiers operating near Kalkilya in the West Bank, May 5, 2024.

Hezbollah barrages continue: Ten wounded following rocket fire toward Israel's North

At least 30 rockets were fired toward northern Israel communities as far south as Karmiel.

 Smoke billows on Lebanon's side of the border with Israel, behind the Israeli village of Fassuta, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Ein Ya'akov, northern Israel, November 1, 2024.

'They're shooting at the ambulance, the station, they’re shooting everywhere'

MDA staff members realized this wasn’t just a case of missile fire; gunmen were inside the city.

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7

MDA paramedic on Oct. 7: I saw some amazing teamwork and generosity

"We did everything that could be expected of us as a medical team. With God’s help, we will come out of this situation stronger and better off."

 The MDA paramedic, Menachem, hugging one of the people injured in the attack.

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

"We’re all human, and a little girl who’s been injured isn’t something to which you can turn a blind eye. There’s something about it that penetrates you and touches your soul."

 MDA paramedic officers get out of an ambulance a man to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center emergency and trauma care who was moderately injured when stabbed in a terrorist attack  by the Neve Daniel junction, near Jerusalem on March 31, 2022.

Lives aren't just saved in a hospital. They're saved in the ambulance, too

“I’m proud of the Blood Services staff, who haven’t stopped working for a single moment and haven’t rested since the morning of October 7."

 MDA Blood Services hosts blood donations surrounding October 7

Two killed from shrapnel in recent rocket barrage to North

Some 25 rockets were fired at northern Israel, the IDF said following the sirens that sounded in the Haifa bayside suburbs area.

  Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics treat a wounded person who was hit by shrapnel from an intercepted Hezbollah rocket in northern Israel, October 31, 2024.

'The country was burning, and I was watching it happen'

"That Shabbat will stay with me for the rest of my life."

 MDA’s Joint National Command Center on October 7

'I’m proud of my country and MDA. I’m proud to have saved lives'

"Don’t ever forget: there’s only one State of Israel; the People of Israel live, and together we will win."

 Yaakov at the entrance to a kibbutz in the Gaza border area.

'Since when do people shoot at ambulances?' MDA medic recalls October 7 atrocities

"I tried to understand the circumstances of the shooting. No one was aware at that point that terrorists had infiltrated and had launched a killing spree."

 MDA's Dani Shtarkman and Peter Lasnik