MDA

Firefighters rescue 25 people from Netanya apartment building fire, 13 evacuated to hospital

Firefighters rescued 25 people from a burning apartment building in Netanya overnight, with 13 requiring hospital treatment after the blaze. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause.

A Unit Hatzalah medic stands in front of a burning apartment building on Macdonald Street in Netanya, 18 June, 2026.
Amb. Gilad Erdan, Global President, Magen David Adom; Former Ambassador of Israel to the UN.

Gilad Erdan: ‘Defund the UN, replace it with a real league of democracies’

Photo from the scene of the attack in Gush Etzion.

Car ramming attack wounds several at Gush Etzion Junction in West Bank, south of Jerusalem

 Israeli Firefighters work to contain a fire in an 8-story residential building in Lod. May 30, 2026.

WATCH: Eighteen rescued from Lod apartment fire, including infants and elderly


Jerusalem man hit by light rail driver in training as storm causes widespread traffic accidents

A man in his 50s was evacuated to Hadassah-University Medical Center in serious condition after he was hit by the Jerusalem light rail hear the Shuafat light rail station.

United Hatzalah responded to a call after a man in his 50s was hit by the Jerusalem light rail in east Jerusalem on January 13, 2026.

Fatal kitesurfing accident at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach: One dead, two injured due to extreme winds

A 46-year-old kitesurfer was killed and two others injured at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach after extreme winds threw them into rocks. Authorities are investigating the tragic incident.

Police on the scene of a kitesurfing incident in Bat Yam.

MDA ambulances donated to Syrian Druze communities, Israeli Druze MK says

“Today, army leadership informed me that the fully equipped ambulances have arrived in the village of Hader and five additional Druze villages in southern Syria,” Hasson said.

Magen David Adom ambulances

Three shot dead in Shfaram as Arab society murder toll reaches eight since start of 2026

According to figures released Wednesday morning by Abraham Initiatives, eight Arab citizens have been killed since the start of the year. Seven of the victims were shot to death.

Israeli police tape.

Magen David Adom’s 2025 in numbers

MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times; on average, a team was dispatched every 22.8 seconds

MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times in 2025

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.

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 Through Giving Blood

Four blood donations saved the life of a wounded soldier and MDA volunteer

Yair Lifshitz