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Floyd Mayweather dedicates motorcycle fleet to Magen David Adom

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On the fourth day of his trip to Israel, former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather visited Magen David Adom’s Marcus National Blood Services Center in the central city of Ramla, where he dedicated a fleet...
13-year Shmuel Kovetzik (front, center) celebrating his bar mitzvah on July 19, 2023 with his family and the emergency medics who saved his life. Photo by Magen David Adom.

13 years after saving infant, medics join ‘miracle’ bar mitzvah

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In a heartwarming reunion, a team of medics were invited to the recent bar mitzvah celebration of Shmuel Kovetzik in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv, whose life they saved at birth. “We had a traumatic...

New AI software will link Israeli police, ambulance, fire services

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The dispatch systems of Israel’s three rescue services are now linked, allowing any of the agencies—Israel Police, Israel Fire and Rescue Services, and Magen David Adom (MDA)—to automatically dispatch each other in emergencies rather...
Noam Raz teaching a training course before Passover to his team in the Shiloh region. Credit: United Hatzalah.

Palestinian terrorist shoots and kills Israeli counter-terrorism officer, volunteer paramedic

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A member of Israel’s National Counterterrorism Unit Yamam was killed on Friday afternoon after being shot by a Palestinian terrorist in Jenin as part of maneuvers by the Israel Defense Forces that is being...
Magen David Adom paramedics and a senior EMT practice a procedure on a high-tech mannequin. Credit: Courtesy.

Magen David Adom, Ben-Gurion University announce academic affiliation

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Magen David Adom and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are affiliating in an academic initiative designed to improve training for paramedics and emergency medical technicians, as well as improve the quality of pre-hospital emergency...
From left: Magen David Adom director-general Eli Bin; Cross River Bank president, CEO and founder Gilles Gade; Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion; president and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Yael Eckstein, August 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Project to place defibrillators in Jerusalem synagogues before Jewish New Year

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Magen David Adom has been prioritizing the task of placing defibrillators in public spaces throughout Israel this year. Already, thousands have been installed around the country, including hundreds to be added in Jerusalem synagogues...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu donates blood at Shaarei Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem, April 30, 2021. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israelis make more than 2,200 blood donations to help Meron victims

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Following the tragedy at Israel’s Mount Meron on Thursday night in which 45 people were killed and many more injured, blood donation sites were set up nationwide on Friday. The public answered the call, and...
United Hatzalah volunteers respond to a mass casualty incident in Meron during Lag B’Omer on April 30, 2021. Source: United Hatzalah/Twitter.

Dozens killed, injured in apparent stampede during Lag B’Omer in Meron

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Dozens of Israelis have been reported killed and injured in an apparent stampede during Lag B’Omer commemorations in Meron, in what is being called one of the largest peacetime disasters in the nation’s history. According to...
A young woman gets vaccinated at Clalit COVID-19 vaccination center in Rehovot on Jan. 4, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israeli Health Ministry launches vaccination drive for Masa participants

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Recent efforts by the Masa Israel Journey organization and the Jewish Agency to petition Israel’s Health Ministry came to fruition on Wednesday with the launch of a vaccination program for Masa participants currently residing...
A Magen David Adom vaccine caravan. Courtesy: MDA Spokesman.

Israel prepares vehicles for flu shots and mobile COVID-19 vaccines

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In preparation for the flu season and the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines needing special refrigeration, three mobile vaccination caravans were commissioned by Magen David Adom, Israel’s national organization responsible for emergency pre-hospital medical care...