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


Post-Bennett heart attack: Warning signs and first aid treatment until MDA arrives

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett underwent Catheterization at Meir Medical Center after suffering a heart attack during physical activity.

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett donates blood in memory of Sgt. First Class Yona Betzalel Brief, March 27, 2025.

‘We believe in the power of women’: MDA chair champions women’s advancement in its mission

Dovrat Weizer leads revitalized Women of Magen David Adom, aiming to boost support, visibility, and female leadership in Israel’s emergency services.

 WOMEN MEDICYLISTS of MDA.

Dee family dedicates MDA ambulances to sisters, mother murdered in terror attack

The Dee family members were murdered in a shooting attack in April 2023. The daughters, Maia and Rina, died at the scene, and the mother, Lucy, succumbed to her wounds days later.

 Rabbi Leo Dee (L) with his daughter Keren Dee (R) posing with one of the ambulances donated in memory of their murdered relatives, March 2025.

Haredi man sprays swastikas on MDA ambulances in Mea Shearim neighborhood

The man was arrested by Israel Police during a Rosh Hodesh parade held by haredi extremists and was taken for questioning.

 Haredi man sprayed swastikas on MDA ambulances in Jerusalem

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA paramedic and Tribu founder Michaela Berku shares the power of volunteering at the 2025 Women Leaders Summit.

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Dovrat Weizer: ‘Magen David Adom is Israel’s medical Iron Dome - 48% of its personnel are women’

During the Women Leaders Summit, Weizer shared her leadership journey and the critical needs of MDA.

 Dovrat Weizer, Chairwoman of Women of MDA

Israeli murdered, IDF soldier wounded in bus stop terror attack in North

Israeli media later named the terrorist as Karem Jabarin, 25, from the village of Ma'ale Iron in northern Israel.

 Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Yokne’am, March 24, 2025

At least 13 wounded in combined terror ramming, stabbing attack in central Israel

Terrorist hit police car, attempted stabbing with a screwdriver before being gunned down • Terrorist identified as Palestinian illegal resident

 Police at the scene of a terror ramming attack in Pardes Hanna-Karkur, February 27, 2025

Saved by MDA team after cardiac arrest: 'I received my life as a birthday gift'

Paul Freidland suffered a heart attack a day before turning 88. MDA medics and volunteers saved his life.

 Paul Freidland with the team that saved his life.

Man in 60s wounded by axe in suspected terror attack in Gilboa, suspect caught by police

Israel's emergency medical service said that its paramedics were providing medical care to the man, who was in light condition.

 MDA Ambulance