Orit Ohana’s Story

Idan Yaron, a boy with special needs near Haifa, Israel, recently celebrated his 17th birthday. Idan loves horses and horseback riding had become very therapeutic for him. However, the equestrian center he used to visit closed when coronavirus started and has not reopened. “I decided I would try to surprise Idan by contacting Magen David…

For the second year in a row, Magen David Adom stations in Israel’s Lachish region (northwestern Negev) participated in a competition to test their skills. Six stations from Ashkelon, Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi, Gam Yaven, Sderot, and Kiryat Gat, joined by four intensive care teams from the Negev, Ayalon, and Jerusalem areas sought to bring home…

One year ago, 21-year-old Mohammed Azbarga was swept up by a strong current at a beach in Eilat and began to drown. Passersby called MDA’s 101 hotline, while others swam out to rescue him. MDA paramedics Aviran Ashkenazi, Alon Yosef, and Ariel Auslander, and MDA EMT Maayan Oren arrived on the scene and immediately began…

The Jerusalem Post — The dispatch systems of Israel’s three rescue services are now interconnected so any of the three agencies — the Israel Police, the Fire and Rescue Service, and Magen David Adom — can now automatically dispatch one another in emergencies without having to manually contact them, as was previously necessary. The interconnect, which…