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Which Israeli city donates the most blood?
International Blood Donor Day at MDA: How many blood units have been donated this year? Which city is at the top of the list? Monday marks the International Blood Donor Day in Israel and around the world, and according to Magen David Adom (MDA) blood services data, 271,305 blood units were donated since the last Blood…
The 15th day of the Iron Swords War: Summary of MDA activity throughout the weekend
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…
Rocket strikes on Israel kill five people in separate incidents Tuesday, including a teen, and injure dozens more
Israel’s conflict with terrorists in Gaza took a more ominous turn Tuesday when five people were killed, including a 16-year-old girl, in separate rocket strikes that left many others injured, three of them critically. Early in the day, two women were killed in Ashkelon when rockets separately struck a private home and an apartment building….
13 Holocaust survivors, wounded Ukrainians airlifted to Israel
TIMES OF ISRAEL — Three Israeli rescue organizations joined forces to rescue Ukrainian Holocaust survivors and other civilians wounded amid Russia’s invasion and bring them to Israel for treatment. Zaka, Hatzolah Air, and Magen David Adom raised some US$ 70,000 to charter a private jet with medical equipment to treat and evacuate the wounded waiting…
MDA Red Sunday/Pesach Telethon
Volunteers from local schools and youth groups and long standing supporters generously gave their time on Sunday April 2, 2017 to man the phones for MDA’s Red Sunday Telethon to raise money to fund a 4 x 4 life Support Ambulance for MDA Israel. The request for these ambulances came recently from Israel because they…
