MDA Heroes

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

“We’re still on high alert. Without MDA in the field on October 7 — and every day since — the Israeli medical system wouldn’t have functioned," said Alisa Krant.

 Alisa Krant, a Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedic.

MDA evacuates nursing home residents as wildfires rage near Jerusalem

Magen David Adom (MDA) teams evacuated dozens of elderly residents from a nursing home in the Shoresh area on Wednesday, as massive wildfires swept through the Jerusalem Hills, forcing widespread evacuations and the closure of major highways.

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

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

'They're shooting at the ambulance, the station, they’re shooting everywhere'

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7

MDA paramedic on Oct. 7: I saw some amazing teamwork and generosity

"We did everything that could be expected of us as a medical team. With God’s help, we will come out of this situation stronger and better off."

 The MDA paramedic, Menachem, hugging one of the people injured in the attack.

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

"We’re all human, and a little girl who’s been injured isn’t something to which you can turn a blind eye. There’s something about it that penetrates you and touches your soul."

 MDA paramedic officers get out of an ambulance a man to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center emergency and trauma care who was moderately injured when stabbed in a terrorist attack  by the Neve Daniel junction, near Jerusalem on March 31, 2022.

Lives aren't just saved in a hospital. They're saved in the ambulance, too

“I’m proud of the Blood Services staff, who haven’t stopped working for a single moment and haven’t rested since the morning of October 7."

 MDA Blood Services hosts blood donations surrounding October 7

'The country was burning, and I was watching it happen'

"That Shabbat will stay with me for the rest of my life."

 MDA’s Joint National Command Center on October 7

'I’m proud of my country and MDA. I’m proud to have saved lives'

"Don’t ever forget: there’s only one State of Israel; the People of Israel live, and together we will win."

 Yaakov at the entrance to a kibbutz in the Gaza border area.

'Since when do people shoot at ambulances?' MDA medic recalls October 7 atrocities

"I tried to understand the circumstances of the shooting. No one was aware at that point that terrorists had infiltrated and had launched a killing spree."

 MDA's Dani Shtarkman and Peter Lasnik

MDA medics from Rahat 'stayed as long as they were needed' on October 7

"Those who don the MDA uniform are like family to me, and I will always choose to come whenever I’m needed, no matter how far I have to travel."

 MDA medics from the Rahat Station that saved lives on October 7

MDA Milk Bank feeds babies whose mothers were murdered or kidnapped

MDA collects the milk from the donor mothers and brings them to the Milk Bank. There, the milk is treated in a laboratory.

The MDA Milk Bank laboratory checks donated breast milk before giving it to babies in need.

MDA medic reveals horrors she saw on October 7

Alissa and her team worked a very long shift on October 7, which only ended after sunrise the next day.

 Alissa providing urgent care at the scene

'He fought with EMTs; I fought to keep victims alive'

“The bullets whistled above my head, but I couldn’t leave the wounded.”

 MDA paramedic officers get out of an ambulance a man to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center emergency and trauma care who was moderately injured when stabbed in a terrorist attack  by the Neve Daniel junction, near Jerusalem on March 31, 2022.