The Story of Ofir Tor
Ofir Tur, an MDA EMT, was on his way to the Sderot station early that Saturday morning. A few hundred meters from the MDA station, Ofir saw a terrorist cell...
Oct
The Story of Magen David Adom Station in Sderot
The story of the Magen David Adom Sderot station on Black Saturday is a story of teamwork, great resourcefulness, and self-sacrifice. 06:30 AM is the time when the Magen David...
Oct
The Story of Menachem Blumenthal and Hanania Elmakias
Menachem Blumenthal, a paramedic at the Magen David Adom station in Tzochar, and Hanania Elmakias, a Senior EMT, worked together on the night shift from Friday to Saturday.
Oct
How Fast Action Saved a 5-Year-Old Girl Choking on Candy
"I’ve performed CPR countless times over my 45 years with MDA, but this is one response I will never, ever forget." It began as an ordinary Saturday morning...
Sep
MDA Volunteers launch Wine & Honey Operation
Thousands of Magen David Adom youth and adult volunteers are taking part in the annual “Wine & Honey” operation, collecting and packing holiday food baskets for families in need across...
Sep
Magen David Adom 5786 Summary in Numbers
Over the past year, Magen David Adom teams have been dedicated to saving lives in both routine and emergency situations. As the Jewish New Year approaches, the organization summarizes the...
Sep
Rare but real: How fast action saved an 8 year old suffering a stroke
Both his dad and the MDA dispatcher knew this was no ordinary headache. When 8-year-old Yosef suffered a rare stroke, trusting those instincts and taking immediate action made the difference...
Sep
Saving lives runs in the family
For MDA EMT Anas Al-Asam, saving lives is deeply personal. From responding to a call only to discover his own brother injured at...
Sep
Making Dreams come true: MDA grants with for 5 year old Li-On
Not every ambulance trip is about saving a life, sometimes, the mission is simply to bring a smile to a child's face. That is the core...
Sep
Standing Watch at the Western Wall
As tens of thousands of worshippers from across Israel and around the world gathered at Jerusalem's Western Wall to observe Tisha B'Av, Magen David Adom...
Aug
Racing against time on two wheels
Inside Magen David Adom’s motorcycle unit. Israel's MDA medicycle unit is built for one purpose: reaching patients when every second matters.
Aug
The Fight for Every Heartbeat
After suffering cardiac arrest at a construction site, a 36-year-old man was connected to MDA's Mobile ECMO Unit in the field and woke up just two days later with no...
Jun
A Familiar Face on the Way to New Life
For families living across southern Israel's vast desert communities, MDA responders are often more than emergency medical professionals. They become familiar faces, arriving in moments of crisis, celebration, and sometimes...
Jun
30 Mayors from Around the World Visited
Mayors from Nepal, Panama, Macedonia, Albania, and Chile visited MDA's National Headquarters in Ramla and the MDA Bloomberg Station in Jerusalem as part of the MuniExpo conference.
Jun
From first breath to final moments
How MDA Teams Stand at Every Stage of Life. In cities like Beit Shemesh where families tend to be large and hospitals are often a distance away; childbirth doesn’t always...
Jun
Readiness that begins before the siren
MDA rapidly shifts from routine to full emergency readiness, powered by employees and volunteers who leave everything behind, report for duty, and remain ready to save lives at any moment
Jun
MDA Teams save mans life during rocket fire
During Severe Allergic Reaction Amid Rocket Fire. mid ongoing rocket barrages and missile strikes, MDA teams across Israel continue to provide medical care for routine emergencies and anyone in urgent...
Apr
Memory at the Station
Holocaust Survivor Rachel Golani visited the MDA Petah Tikva station and shared her life story. On Holocaust Remembrance Day, remembrance takes on a deeply personal meaning. At MDA stations across...
Apr
From Yellow star to the red star of David
Holocaust Remembrance Day. Magen David Adom staff and volunteers continue the tradition of educational journeys to Poland, bridging the pain of loss with the nation's rebirth and honoring the Jewish...
Apr
MDA Emergency Dispatch Center: “We Give 200% of Ourselves to Save Lives”
At MDA’s National Emergency Dispatch Center, every call can mean the difference between life and death. During ongoing missile attacks, teams work around the clock to coordinate life-saving responses across...
Mar
Beit Shemesh: “This Is My Country, This Is My City, and This Is My Mission — Saving Lives”
When saving lives runs in the family: Mordechai and Meira Solanika, brother and sister and MDA volunteers from Beit Shemesh, were dispatched from their home in the city to the...
Mar
This Is a Challenging Time, But Our Spirit Is Strong
Teams operating in forty MDA ambulances responded (1.3.26) to the deadly scene in Beit Shemesh, where nine people were killed and dozens were injured. Among them was Reuven Harow, an...
Mar
Israeli first responders on ‘maximum alert’ under Iran missile fire
At 10:56 pm an alert announcing the approach of an Iranian missile sounds, and a brief, heart-pounding wait begins in the operations room at Magen David Adom (MDA) as first...
Mar
We were the first team on scene
MDA EMT Dror Eini from Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion, who has been serving since 1988, was among the first responders to arrive at the scene of the direct rocket strike...
Mar
Everyone just wants to help
When war breaks out, most people look for safety and rush towards the nearest shelter. But at Magen David Adom’s Jerusalem station, something incredible happens: volunteers show up in dozens...
Mar
Tragedy in Jerusalem: 2 infants critically injured
2 infants evacuated in critical condition and 53 additional infants and children evacuated fully conscious from a residential complex of daycare centers and kindergartens in Jerusalem.
Feb
Five Magen David Adom ambulances were
transferred to support Druze and Christian communities in southern Syria, in cooperation with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and will be used to save lives
Feb