Magen David Adom (MDA) medics heroically rescue six-day-old from ravaged home.
Magen David Adom teams wove through city streets on fire to search for wounded people in need of medical assistance after Iran sent missiles into Israel.
When MDA medics arrived at an apartment building directly hit by an Iranian missile in the center of Israel, they heard a baby crying and saw a closed door.
After they worked with the fire department to knock down the door, MDA medics encountered a young, anxious couple huddled with their six-day-old son. One of the MDA medics, who happened to be a doctor, rescued the baby and helped him and his parents reach safety. Thankfully, the baby is now doing fine, thanks to the MDA paramedic who rescued him.
The Most Immediate Way to Help Israel Right Now
Right now, as you read this, ballistic missiles and drones are raining down on Israel. Injuries are happening every minute. Families are huddled in shelters. And at the front lines, Magen David Adom (MDA)—Israel’s national emergency medical service—is saving lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
When every second counts, Magen David Adom is the first call, the front line, and the lifeline.
Why Magen David Adom?
In moments of national crisis, when homes are destroyed and lives are shattered, MDA is the first to arrive. That’s because Magen David Adom is not just an ambulance service—it is Israel’s only national emergency medical service (EMS), by law responsible for responding to every 101 emergency call, from the biggest cities to the smallest kibbutzim.
MDA responds to more than 95% of Israel’s emergencies. And thanks to its cutting-edge dispatch technology, it deploys the nearest first responder to any crisis, ensuring that help arrives as fast as possible—even when that means rushing toward missile strikes and into active war zones.
Unlike other ambulance services, MDA cannot pick and choose where or when to help. Wherever life hangs in the balance, they go.
Israel’s “Medical Iron Dome”
What makes MDA different isn’t just its reach—it’s its coordination. MDA works hand-in-hand with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Homefront Command, police, and fire brigades during every missile attack and mass casualty event.
No other organization in Israel offers this level of national readiness.
If the Iron Dome is Israel’s protection against incoming rockets, Magen David Adom is Israel’s “medical Iron Dome”—protecting, saving, and giving life.
More Than Ambulances
Beyond emergency calls, MDA operates the entire national blood service for Israel—providing blood to IDF soldiers, hospitals, and civilians alike.
And today, with rockets falling, MDA’s fortified blood center is ensuring a constant, lifesaving blood supply, even while under threat.
MDA also organizes evacuations of premature babies and critically ill patients to protected hospitals and ensures all emergency medical services keep operating no matter the danger.
The Backbone of Israel’s Emergency Response
It’s important to understand: approximately 90% of MDA’s medics are civilian volunteers. They are Israeli neighbors, shopkeepers, students, parents—ordinary people doing extraordinary things to save lives.
While other services may assist, they rely on MDA ambulances to bring patients to hospitals.
Why Your Help Matters Now
What may surprise many is that MDA operates almost entirely on philanthropic support. For 95 years, this life-saving work has been made possible by generous donors like you.
Every ambulance, every motorbike, every piece of lifesaving equipment—sponsored by people who care. Most of them Americans.
Today, MDA’s wartime operations are adding $200,000 per day to its regular costs—expenses needed for emergency fuel, supplies, and care for deployed personnel.
If you want to do the most good for Israel right now—if you want to make a direct, immediate impact on saving lives—the answer is simple:
Support the MDA Rising Lion Emergency Campaign.
Give today. Save lives today. Stand with Israel today.
If you’d like more information or to get involved in our efforts, please feel free to reach out to Yishai Mizrahi or Leslie Viselman, Co-Area Directors for AFMDA, at 561.212.7495 or via email [email protected].
Am Yisrael Chai,
Leslie and Yishai
