Magen David Adom

'Modest and humble': Beersheba District Court president Benny Sagi dies in Highway 6 car crash

Beersheba District Court President Benny Sagi was killed in a car crash on Highway 6, with police investigating the incident and leaders across Israel mourning his death.

Beersheba District Court president Benny Sagi's motorcycle following the fatal car crash on Highway 6, January 4, 2026.
MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times in 2025

Magen David Adom’s 2025 in numbers

Magen David Adom vehicles.

MDA deploys an ambulance every 22 seconds through 2025, with more than 1 million calls

Police apprehend terrorist who murdered two in combined terror attack, December 26, 2025.

Two murdered, two wounded in combined terror attack in three sites in northern Israel


Seven hurt in car accident on Highway 6, toddler evacuated to hospital with head injury

MDA said paramedics treated seven injured in a Highway 6 accident, including a three year old boy taken to Rambam with a head injury.

Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus, pictured in September 22, 2024; illustrative.

Man killed during car accident marks 450th death in 2025, making deadliest year in last two decades

Of those 450 victims, the highest number of people (32%) were driving their own vehicle, while pedestrians were also an important victim, representing 27% of the deaths.

The scene of a car accident involving a minibus and a private car with injuries that were evacuated by Magen David Adom Ambulances, route 98, southern Golan Heights, September 29, 2025.

WATCH: Firefighters rescue six, including infant, from apartment fire in Beersheba

All the rescued individuals were evacuated for further medical examinations, including checking for smoke exposure.

A firefighter rescuing an infant from a building fire in Beersheba, December 21, 2025.

Jerusalem apartment destroyed by fire during Shabbat, seven injured

One person was moderately injured in the fire, with the rest being reported as lightly injured. All were rushed to a nearby hospital.

The aftermath of a fire that burned down an apartment in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood, December 20, 2025

Adding light: From a fragile beginning to giving life to others

After the premature birth of their son, Tel Aviv comedians Almog Shor and Roy Tzabari turned gratitude into action donating dozens of liters of breast milk to help Israel’s most vulnerable babies

Almog, Roi and Kochav

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: 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

Emergency services halt search for five missing people near Beit Zayit Dam

The IDF received over 100 reports about the vehicle, which was spotted driving through floodwaters near the dam. 

Emergency service volunteers, together with Jerusalem District Police and other forces, are searching for five people last seen in a Jeep driving near Beit Zayit Dam.

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