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“We did not have any perception of something funny or negative,” she said. “Quite the opposite – people were very grateful. We had entire villages coming out to thank us.”

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Two weeks after the delegation returned, it was October 7.

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“I keep Shabbat, so I do not usually use technology on Saturday,” Dray said. “But as a Hatzalah volunteer, both a medic and a coordinator in the Resilience Unit, I am available on the phone. I started to see missile alarms and was then getting updates about what was happening in the South.”

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Soon, the head of the local branch of United Hatzalah asked everyone to be on high alert.

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“A few minutes later, our regional paramedic said he was sending an ambulance down south and asked who was ready to staff it,” she said. “I had no idea what to expect, but I immediately volunteered. At 9 a.m. we were on our way.”

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Dray described the scene of a full war zone, burnt cars, bodies, sirens going off, and missiles falling in the fields around them.

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The ambulance soon began to evacuate wounded soldiers and civilians from the Gaza border communities.

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“In Morocco, entire villages came out to thank us for our service,” United Hatzalah volunteer Noemie Dray says.

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