MDA

Health Ministry reveals wartime preparations in Eilat, Dead Sea amid tense security situation

An internal document from the Ministry of Health reveals the depth of the preparations, which include increasing the number of teams operating around the clock and the number of intensive care units.

Magen David Adom staff members work at the emergency dispatch center in Ramla, central Israel, March 6, 2026.
MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times in 2025

Born under fire: MDA delivers baby in Jerusalem minutes before rushing to shelter

Paramedic Meitar Zamir Zylberberg

Paramedic Meitar Zamir Zylberberg recounts life-saving decisions under fire

Damage after Iranian missile fragments hit a residence in the Tel Aviv area, March 26, 2026.

Six injured as cluster munition fragments hit central Israel amid intense Iranian barrage


Saving life under fire in Haifa

"Being a dispatcher means you're patients' and families' first point of contact. It's balancing information urgency with humanity and empathy."

The miracle of the severely wounded victim of the missile strike in Haifa

A life-saving injection: How MDA responders saved an infant from severe allergic shock

A rapid response and an EpiPen turned a life-threatening emergency into a miracle in Netanya.

MDA motorcycles

Adding Light Through Giving Blood

Four blood donations saved the life of a wounded soldier and MDA volunteer

Yair Lifshitz

Adding Light: New Life Delivered by MDA Under Fire

From ambulance births during rocket sirens to home deliveries against the odds, MDA teams bring hope and life during the Festival of Lights

Yasmin and Yaniv Mittelberg with paramedics Adel Hamias, Yarin Benita, and Dvir Malul who helped deliver their baby boy.

Adding Light

Every day of the year, Magen David Adom teams save lives, provide medical care, ease pain, and add light - these stories about their work is a little light which dispels much darkness

Eliezer Rubin, who suffered cardiac arrest, meeting the MDA team that saved his life

MDA Global President Gilad Erdan speaks at 'Post' Washington Conference

“Magen David Adom is the backbone of Israel’s resilience”

Amb. Gilad Erdan, Magen David Adom, Global President, Israel’s former Ambassador to the UN

MDA Global President Gilad Erdan at Jpost Gala evening

“I joined Magen David Adom to make sure that our warriors in white have whatever is needed to save lives in the Holy Land”

Amb. Gilad Erdan with MDA volunteers

Erdan: Israel's enemies target Magen David Adom because it is the backbone of national resilience

MDA Global President Gilad Erdan at Jpost Gala evening: “I joined Magen David Adom to make sure that our warriors in white have whatever is needed to save lives in the Holy Land”.  

Amb. Gilad Erdan with MDA volunteers

Woman killed in suspected explosion on Highway 73 near Nahalal

MDA paramedics and medics found the woman at the scene, unresponsive and with multiple traumatic injuries. They declared her dead at the scene.

EMERGENCIES IN Israel are not interruptions but a rhythm, and MDA needed to be ready before events unfolded.

MDA Global President Erdan to recount MDA heroics at Jpost Washington Conference

Gilad Erdan, Global President of Magen David Adom and former Israeli Ambassador to the UN