MDA Heroes

Linoy El Ezra of MDA Dispatch Center told children where to hide from terrorists

Dispatch teams gave life-saving medical treatment advice over the phone to hotline callers.

MDA helicopter paramedics save Israelis wounded by Hamas on October 7

The police officer, who was wounded at the Nova music festival, begged me: “Save me, I have kids,” says Dr Shafir Botner.

MDA Paramedic saves six-year-old Ofek on October 7

Seeing her smiling and walking on two feet was very moving,” says Yarin Shitrit.

MDA Paramedic saves lives while under Hamas attack on October 7

“What I saw changed me and will stay with me forever,” says Lior Levi.

Noam and Noa treat Naama after she was wounded at the Nova festival

The Tel Aviv MDA team that came to to the rescue in the south on the day of the attack.

'A severely wounded soldier asked me to say the Shema with him'

Oshrit Hadad, a paramedic from the Ashdod MDA station wanted to be as helpful as possible on October 7th, so she went to the Netivot MDA station to help out. This is her story.

Kibbutz Alumim ambulance driver and EMT battled terrorists for four hours and evacuated the wounded

“We were fighting for our homes. Anyone else would have done the same.”

On October 7, an MDA ambulance driver and EMT used his volunteer experience to save lives

Rafi Samet was shot by Hamas terrorists but continued to work: “I quickly bandaged myself up and got back to work.

MDA paramedic continued saving lives of wounded even after son was murdered by Hamas

Zvi Reider, MDA paramedic and kibbutz ambulance driver on Kibbutz Sa’ad, says, “I decided to focus on saving lives.”

'I did everything I could' MDA volunteer recalls October 7

Zohar has been an MDA volunteer for 35 years, training medics, serving as a senior EMT, and driving the kibbutz ambulance.

'I got to meet the soldiers who I had treated. It made everything worthwhile'

The story of veteran MDA staff member Oren Banita from Kibbutz Mefalsim.

Members of the MDA community who were murdered while carrying out their mission to save lives

Magen David Adom is heartbroken and devastated at the loss of an MDA paramedic and three EMTs who were cruelly murdered during the October 7th attack while saving the lives of others.

Treating an injured colleague in the living room

The heroic story of Sderot MDA station on October 7.

MDA trains at risk communities in preparation for future military-style attacks

MDA is going to establish 1,000 local teams to be located near where the terror threat is most imminent, including communities in the north, the Gaza Border, and West Bank.

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