On Wednesday night in Kibbutz Yagur near Haifa, United Hatzalah volunteers from across northern Israel gathered together to hold a large mass casualty incident (MCI) training drill, which simulated a scenario of rocket attacks combined with a terrorist infiltration and gun battles. The drill was devised in the aftermath of the October 7th attacks by Read more

Thursday evening in front of Tel Aviv University, a car came to an abrupt stop, obstructing traffic. The drivers in the cars behind the stopped vehicle discovered that the driver of the stopped car had lost consciousness. They quickly alerted emergency services. In a nearby college, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shalom Cohen was immersed in Read more

On Thursday morning, Mindy Levine, director of the Yankees Universe Fund and spouse of the New York Yankees baseball team’s President Randy Levine, visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem as part of a solidarity trip to Israel in the aftermath of the horrors of October 7th. The goal of the visit was to announce the Read more

On Thursday, just before noon in Beitar Illit, an 11-month-old baby developed a severe rash after an accidental exposure to milk at his caregiver’s home. The caregiver immediately alerted emergency services and notified the child’s mother, who happened to be on her way to pick him up. Shaul Nachmias, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was Read more

This article originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post and was written by Maya Zanger-Nadis On October 7, 2023, Adi May Ninio and Leehee found themselves in the eye of the storm, watching terrorists set the Gaza border region aflame, killing hundreds of innocent civilians. On November 13, they became certified to save lives, finishing their Read more

On Sunday night, 18 widows hailing from different regions of Israel graduated from the EMT course facilitated by United Hatzalah’s groundbreaking Weisz Family IMAH Initiative. IMAH, short for Inspiring Mothers at Hatzalah, is a program initiated by the organization to equip widows with essential skills in emergency medicine, providing them with new avenues for personal Read more

U On Sunday evening, United Hatzalah volunteers from the Kfar Kasem-Kfar Bara-Jaljulia branch conducted a comprehensive joint drill in collaboration with the IDF Home Front Command and local security forces. The exercise, held in the town of Kfar Kasem, was designed to simulate a missile attack, aiming to enhance the preparedness of both citizens and Read more

In light of the rising waves of anti-semitism plaguing college campuses, city streets, and Jewish communities around the world following the October 7th, attack by Hamas against Israel, United Hatzalah has initiated several training programs to assist people impacted by these current events across the globe. The first such training course, which was given via Read more

“I’m ashamed,” said the 80-something elderly woman to Meir Biton and Meni Winfeld, who rescued her from the saferoom in her home in Kfar Aza, after 36 hours during which she had been there with her husband and daughter-in-law (who was murdered), without food and with very little water. “Ashamed of what I thought and Read more