In recent weeks, as the war with Iran intensifies, Israel’s emergency services have been placed on high alert and are operating at full capacity to respond to potential casualty events.
Among those without training, 86% said they would be willing to participate in a course, reflecting a strong interest in acquiring the skills needed to respond to cardiac emergencies.
Israel’s emergency responders, Magen David Adom, save countless lives by using every possible method to reach crisis points quickly, provide immediate medical care, and access areas conventional vehicles or personnel cannot.
The Huckabees also visited MDA’s Marcus National Blood Services Center — the world’s first secure, underground facility of its kind, which collects, tests, and supplies blood units to hospitals throughout Israel and the IDF
Iran’s missile attacks have killed 24 people and injured more than 1,300. The Israel Tax Authority has received more than 25,000 damage claims related to buildings.
MDA has a humanitarian initiative called the Wish Ambulance to help to fulfill the requests of people who are dealing with serious or terminal illnesses and whose mobility has been lost.
listen to Felix Lotan from Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency medical service, discuss the organization's incredible life-saving work in the Jewish state and across the globe.
Two men in their early 20s were moderately wounded; a third lightly; several trauma victims. Earlier in the day, a knife attack was thwarted at the Gush Etzion junction in Judea.
Israeli organizations sent supplies to Chabad synagogues in China, which will distribute the aid in a country facing a devastating virus that has killed hundreds.
Two more Palestinian terror attacks occurred Friday by early afternoon, one in Jerusalem and the other in Samaria. Two victims are in moderate condition.