Monthly Archives: January 2023

Terror Strikes Jerusalem: An EMT’s Harrowing Account of the Neve Yaakov Terror Attack

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Elias Romano

By Yosef Deshet It was a peaceful Friday night after the Shabbat meal when my son and I stepped out of the house in order to go learn Torah together in the local synagogue. A few moments after we left … Continue reading →

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Joint Training Drill Simulates Devastating Blaze At Housing Complex For the Disabled in Bnei Brak

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Elias Romano

On Monday morning in Bnei Brak, a joint training drill simulating the response of combined emergency services to a residential building fire at a housing complex for disabled youth was conducted by United Hatzalah, Fire and Rescue services, the Israeli … Continue reading →

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Report from eyewitnesses to the synagogue shooting and City of David shooting in Jerusalem

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Elias Romano

Jerusalem synagogue shooting: ————————————- On Friday night at 8:16 P.M., United Hatzalah’s Command and Dispatch Center received reports of several injuries following a shooting incident that took place on Neve Yaakov street in Jerusalem at the entrance to a local … Continue reading →

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Caring For Holocaust Survivors’ Health And Dignity, All Year Round

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Raphael Poch

Caring For Holocaust Survivors’ Health And Dignity, All Year Round The story of Mordechai Greenstein and Yosef Arzad   In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, it is … Continue reading →

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Husband and Wife EMTs Perform CPR On Electrocuted Construction Worker in Ashkelon

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Elias Romano

On Monday afternoon, a 23-year-old construction worker was electrocuted at a construction site on Dorif Street in Ashkelon and sustained severe injuries, and lost consciousness. Worried eyewitnesses called emergency medical services for help. David and Atara Hajaj, a husband and … Continue reading →

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Volunteer EMT Rescues Cyclist And Scooter Rider Injured In Frontal Collision

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Elias Romano

On Thursday morning just before 09:00 A.M., two men were injured in a collision between an electric scooter and a bicycle on HaMa’ayan street in Ramat Gan. Panicked bystanders alerted emergency services.  United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yosef Akler, a sales … Continue reading →

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Ramat Gan Resident Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Volunteer EMT Abandons Business Meeting To Save His Life

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Elias Romano

On Monday just before 10:00 P.M., a man in his 60s suffered a cardiac arrest in his house on Anne Frank street in Ramat Gan. His son immediately called emergency services and initiated CPR. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yaakov Shlezinger … Continue reading →

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85-Year-Old Bnei Brak Man Saved By EMTs After Choking On His Food

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Elias Romano

On Saturday night around 9:00 pm, an 85-year-old man choked on the food his caretaker gave him to eat on HaHida Street in Bnei Brak. Worried eyewitnesses called emergency medical services for help. Netanel Rosa, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, … Continue reading →

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Jatt Resident Injured In Serious Fall, Rescued By Childhood Classmate

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Elias Romano

On Sunday morning just after 09:00 A.M., a man fell from a ladder while doing housework in the village of Jatt in central Israel. His worried relatives, upon the injury, immediately called emergency services for help. Nashat Watad, a dentist … Continue reading →

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Israeli EMS Organization United Hatzalah, Distributing Hundreds of Electrical Generators To Orphanages, Schools, Medical Clinics, and Families In Need, Across Ukraine

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Elias Romano

As Ukraine is being wracked with sub-zero temperatures, snow, and with the persistent shortage of electricity caused by the continuation of the war, numerous establishments such as schools, orphanages, and medical clinics have requested assistance in coping with the extremely … Continue reading →

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