Medic

'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.
 Ofir Bar, a 19-year-old Magen David Adom (MDA) volunteer, paid tribute this week to fallen paramedic Amit Man during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Toronto

MDA volunteer in Toronto honors fallen paramedic in Remembrance Day ceremony

  Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025.

What can be learned from the IDF inquiry into killing of medics in Gaza? – analysis

 The ICRC operates in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF must be more transparent when innocent Gazans are killed – editorial


Red Cross 'outraged' at deaths of eight medics, killed on duty in Gaza

This incident represents the "single most deadly attack on Red Cross Red Crescent workers anywhere in the world since 2017," IFRC reported.

 Palestine Red Crescent Society first responders console each other at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis during the return of the bodies of killed colleagues, March 30, 2025.

Israel to significantly expand IDF's medical training, number of paramedics

Major General Michel Yanko presented plans to expand medical training, increasing IDF's doctors and paramedics after war insights show their presence boosts survival rates and soldier confidence.

 An Israeli Golani soldier is examined by a military doctor,  August 1, 2021

A hospital that goes beyond

The vice president of global affairs at Sheba Medical Center discusses the hospital’s role in the war, its future plans, and what makes it unique.

 THE SHEBA Emergency Room is one of six trauma centers in Israel.

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.

'We worked under terrorist fire and incoming rockets'

Paramedic Adir Bitan and his team worked under terrorist gunfire and incoming rockets for more than 24 hours.

 Magen David Adom medics work on October 7 to save lives

Over 1000 female medics commemorated in United Hatzalah ceremony

The event also marked the official dedication of the Adele and Joel Sandberg Women's Unit.

 Over 1000 female medics commemorated in United Hatzalah ceremony.

United Hatzalah names Professor Ehud Davidson as new CEO

Outgoing CEO Eli Pollak is stepping down after five years in the role, receiving glowing praise from President and founder Eli Beer.

 New United Hatzalah CEO Professor Ehud Davidson, August 8, 2024.

WATCH: Israeli paramedic rescues family from burning building in Jerusalem

Yechiel Stern scaled a burning building in Jerusalem to help a family escape from the top floor, just before the roof collapsed.

United Hatzalah EMT Yechiel Stern saves family from burning Jerusalem building. August 1, 2024.

Tuvia Book: The IDF's oldest combat medic and second-oldest soldier in Gaza

At 55, age hasn’t prevented London-born Tuvia Book from carrying out his strenuous and complex duties in the combat medical extraction unit Palmar Asaf 5388 in Gaza.

 HOLDING A copy of his book ‘Jewish Journeys.’

Mental resilience: IDF Lt.-Col. shares how to prepare for the worst

Bahat and a colleague have developed a system called Extreme Simulations (EXS).

 IDF soldiers operating in Gaza following an overnight strike