MDA

MDA’s Raphael Herbst at JPost Miami Summit

‘Helping and saving lives begins with infants’

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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

At the Jerusalem Post Miami Summit, Gilad Erdan warns of Iran’s regional threat while highlighting Magen David Adom’s role as the backbone of Israel’s civilian resilience.

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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

A man in his 50s was evacuated to Hadassah-University Medical Center in serious condition after he was hit by the Jerusalem light rail hear the Shuafat light rail station.

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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

A 46-year-old kitesurfer was killed and two others injured at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach after extreme winds threw them into rocks. Authorities are investigating the tragic incident.

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MDA medics from Rahat 'stayed as long as they were needed' on October 7

"Those who don the MDA uniform are like family to me, and I will always choose to come whenever I’m needed, no matter how far I have to travel."

OCTOBER 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MDA medics from the Rahat Station that saved lives on October 7

MDA Milk Bank feeds babies whose mothers were murdered or kidnapped

MDA collects the milk from the donor mothers and brings them to the Milk Bank. There, the milk is treated in a laboratory.

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The MDA Milk Bank laboratory checks donated breast milk before giving it to babies in need.

MDA medic reveals horrors she saw on October 7

Alissa and her team worked a very long shift on October 7, which only ended after sunrise the next day.

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Alissa providing urgent care at the scene

'He fought with EMTs; I fought to keep victims alive'

“The bullets whistled above my head, but I couldn’t leave the wounded.”

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

'I'll do everything I can to treat you; you do everything you can to hold on'

Jerusalem paramedic Hadas Ehrlich urged wounded soldier not to give up – and he survived

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MDA Ambulance

Reflecting on Oct. 7: 'Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do'

MDA paramedics and EMTs at the station saved the lives of soldiers, police officers, and citizens

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at an Ofakim MDA station.

'We fought tooth and nail to save every casualty'

MDA team from Karnei Shomron sped to southern Israel on October 7 to save lives

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zvi Tiber tells his October 7 story.

Meet the medic who understood on Oct. 7 she must do everything to save a child

Dispatch teams gave hotline callers life-saving medical treatment advice over the phone on October 7. One such woman told children where to hide from terrorists.

OCTOBER 27, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Linoy El-Ezra speaking at the town of Hatzor's Independence Day ceremony, where she later lit a torch.

Glilot truck ramming: One dead, over 30 wounded

The driver has been apprehended and emergency services are at the scene treating the wounded.

OCTOBER 27, 2024ByYAEL HALFON, DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Israeli emergency services work at the scene where a truck rammed into pedestrians at a bus stop in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, October 27, 2024.

Rocket from Lebanon hits building in Majd al-Krum, killing two, wounding others

Initially, reports stated that Suwaed and Manaa were in critical condition, with another person severely wounded. Additionally, six other were lightly to moderately wounded.

OCTOBER 25, 2024ByEYAL GREEN
Hassan Suwaed, 21, and Arjwan Abd al-Halim Manaa, 25.