Day 13: MDA Activity Summary for the Day


While hiking with her father and brother, a 3-year-old girl fell into a 50-foot well in northern Israel. Her father subsequently fell after the ladder installed in the well broke when he attempted to climb down to rescue his daughter. The man told his 5-year-old son to go for help. The boy found other hikers…
Every summer, Magen David Adom holds intensive training courses for Israel’s youth. This summer was no different. Nearly 2,000 youth participated in various courses. Camp counselors learned first aid and school peer counselors learned how to train younger classes in first aid and motivate their involvement in MDA. Many teens participated in a leadership training…
During the weekend, Magen David Adom teams provided medical treatment to 14 casualties, including: 3 wounded by shrapnel, of which 2 men (Thai foreign nationals) about 35 years old who were moderately and lightly injured in the Galilee Panhandle and a 22-year-old man in a minor condition in the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council. During Red…
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL — “Help! Help! Something terrible has happened!” The alarming call, coming amid shouts of pain, bombarded a member of the Northbrook Community Synagogue as she entered the temple’s sanctuary outside of Chicago to find over a dozen worshipers lying helpless on the bimah platform and in between the chairs below. As she…
The Government is still debating restrictions on outdoor restaurant seating and pools ahead of implementation. Magen David Adom is set to open some 220 antigen test centers around Israel on Wednesday as new restrictions come into force to combat rising cases of COVID-19. The government is attempting to prevent a potential lockdown during the High…
Lior Eshel, MDA Senior EMT in the Ayalon Region is saving lives on the morning shift today, on an ambulance carrying the picture of his niece Roni, kidnapped and missing in Gaza. Lior, we send you strength, and we pray for her safe return, along with the other 239 kidnapped victims.