The Lifesaver Newsletter
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During May 2021 Israel was under attack and MDA was once again on the frontline. MDA teams were stretched saving lives under threat from missiles or riots. Australian Friends of Magen David Adom immediately called for an emergency appeal which was wholeheartedly supported by our many members and friends. We thank you for your response…

Naama’s story No one could believe it when the emergency call came in that a 6-year-old girl in Israel was having a stroke. And when Naama lost consciousness in the ambulance on the way to the hospital it looked like the worst was about to happen. Naama had woken up from a nap screaming that…

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…
In the 24 hours up until 19:25, Magen David Adom teams have treated 13 casualties including: 2 males aged 40 and 45, in Beer Yaakov and Holon, with mild injuries; 9 casualties in mild condition injured as they ran to sheltered areas, and 2 people suffering from anxiety symptoms. // A home in a Western…

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….

7-year-old Rafael Yotam fulfilled his dream of becoming a captain on a navy ship. About four years ago, Rafael Yotam Cohen, who has cancer, fulfilled a dream using an MDA Wish Ambulance – and flew in an MDA-Lahak emergency helicopter in the southern skies of the country. Recently, Rafael Yotam’s rare illness returned for the…