Magen David Adom

Magen David Adom responders ran toward danger on October 7

Uri Shacham, Magen David Adom’s chief of staff and head of technology innovation, described how Israel’s emergency medical teams continued saving lives even as paramedics became targets of attack.

Uri Shacham, Chief of Staff and Deputy Director, Magen David Adom
Firefighter at scene of fatal fire in the Golan, October 11, 2026.

Deadly house fire in Golan Heights kills woman in her 60s as firefighters work to extinguish flames

 MDA paramedics at the scene after a terror stabbing in Hadera leaves six wounded. October 9, 2024.

The stories behind the sirens

Nania Melda.

Beersheba man arrested after calling police to report himself for fatally stabbing ex-wife


'Heroic actions': Magen David Adom mourns first responders who served, were murdered on Oct. 7

MDA marked the third anniversary of October 7 by honoring 20 murdered personnel, recalling more than 21,600 emergency calls, and detailing its expanded emergency response capabilities.

View of Magen David Adom's Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramle, central Israel, August 17, 2026.

Newly aired recordings of MDA paramedic renew push to let families access Oct. 7 records

The recordings prompted her sister, Haviva Mann Izikson, to renew an appeal for a centralized system to ensure other families are not left searching for similar records

Photo of Amit Mann, killed on October 7, 2023.

Several settlers injured, six arrested amid West Bank outpost evacuation near Susiya - report

Also on Wednesday, Palestinian rioters threw stones at a shepherd in Wadi Zarqa, causing minor injuries, according to United Hatzalah. MDA paramedics met the shepherd along Route 446 near Shuqra.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.

Elderly woman killed in hit-and-run by truck in Jerusalem's Rehavia, police arrest driver

Police arrested a man in his 20s after he allegedly hit and killed a woman in her 70s in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood on Sunday.

Israel Police investigate the scene of a hit-and-run in Rehavia on October 4, 2026.

Small aircraft crashes near Beit Shemesh, pilot lightly injured

The crash comes after an additional light aircraft crash following a training flight on Friday killed one pilot and injured the other in northern Israel.

A light aircraft which crashed near Beit Shemesh on October 3, 2026.

One person injured, one killed after light aircraft crashes in northern Israel

Israel's Fire and Rescue Authority announced that firefighters from the Hadera station had arrived at the scene and were working to extinguish a fire which had broken out and was spreading.

Rescue operations by Magen David Adom.

WATCH: Rescue flight lands in Israel with all passengers from earlier flydubai hijacking attempt

The Mossad and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) approved the flydubai rescue flight's crew earlier on Wednesday.

The flydubai rescue flight for hijacked flight FZ1073 lands in Israel on September 30, 2026.

Teenager wounded in Holon after explosive device detonates, police launch investigation

Magen David Adom said that the victim had been found conscious and given medical treatment at the scene before being taken to the hospital.

Police in Holon at the scene where an explosive went off, wounding a teenager, September 28, 2026.

Jerusalem builds new NIS 5 million medical helipad

The Hatzolah Air organization established the pad at the Herzog Medical Center, and it will serve Beit Shemesh, the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and the West Bank.

On the right: Dr. Avishai Neuman, Dr. Aaron Adler, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, and  Eli Rowe, president of Hatzolah Air.

Magen David Adom brings back 'Mitzvah on Wheels' traveling sukkah ambulance initiative

The initiative was started by Rabbi Yonatan Shpitzer, a volunteer MDA driver, in 2020, in order to bring the "spirit of sukkot" to MDA teams.

Magen David Adom's "mitzvah on wheels" traveling sukkah, 2026.