MDAheroes

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

MDA staff members realized this wasn’t just a case of missile fire; gunmen were inside the city.

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7
 The MDA paramedic, Menachem, hugging one of the people injured in the attack.

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

 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.

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

 MDA Blood Services hosts blood donations surrounding October 7

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


'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.

'I'll do everything I can to treat you; you do everything you can to hold on'

Jerusalem paramedic Hadas Ehrlich urged wounded soldier not to give up – and he survived

 MDA Ambulance

Reflecting on Oct. 7: 'Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do'

MDA paramedics and EMTs at the station saved the lives of soldiers, police officers, and citizens

 A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at an Ofakim MDA station.

'We fought tooth and nail to save every casualty'

MDA team from Karnei Shomron sped to southern Israel on October 7 to save lives

 Zvi Tiber tells his October 7 story.

Meet the medic who understood on Oct. 7 she must do everything to save a child

Dispatch teams gave hotline callers life-saving medical treatment advice over the phone on October 7. One such woman told children where to hide from terrorists.

 Linoy El-Ezra speaking at the town of Hatzor's Independence Day ceremony, where she later lit a torch.