This Sunday morning should have been filled with laughter and Purim excitement, instead it began with wailing sirens. In the early hours of March 1, 2026, even before children should have been preparing to head to school in costume, missile alerts shattered the quiet across much of Israel. By 7:00 a.m., streaks of Iron Dome Read more

This morning began with uncertainty. As Israel awoke this sleepy Shabbat morning, I made my way to the command center. As I entered United Hatzalah’s National Dispatch Center I was met with familiar sights and sounds. Walls of the fortified bunker covered with monitors and telephone consuls ringing in unison. And even amongst the symphony Read more

Yesterday, a heavy wave of dust and pollution settled over Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Health issued a public advisory urging residents to remain indoors due to unusually high levels of air pollution. For many families, it meant spending Shabbat inside. For United Hatzalah EMT Adam Altoriyah, a volunteer medic in the Bedouin city of Read more

United Hatzalah EMT first responders provided urgent medical care on Tuesday to a five-year-old boy from Syria who sustained serious injuries after falling from a height in the Syrian village of Hader. The child was transferred across the border into Israel by an Israel Defense Forces ambulance and brought to a soccer pitch in Buq’ata, Read more

It was meant to be a night of pure joy. Family and friends, music and dancing, the kind of celebration people dream of when they imagine their wedding day. That was the vision Sivan and Evyatar Ben Haim carried with them into Monday evening. Instead, their wedding celebration, at a beautiful venue in the area Read more

Today, January 27, the world pauses to remember. The date was chosen to mark the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau, not only because of the scale of murder committed there, but because Auschwitz has come to symbolize Nazi Germany’s systematic effort to erase Jewish existence from Europe. International Holocaust Remembrance Day was never intended to be Read more

United Hatzalah Medic Dani Shmueli: “Each of our medics took 3 to 4 babies at a time so that we could evacuate them.” United Hatzalah first responders provided emergency medical care on Monday to a group of infants and children following a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning incident at a day care center located within a Read more

Founder and President of United Hatzalah visited the family of Former Mayor and Founder of Yad Sarah, Rabbi Uri Lupolianski, Z”L. Rabbi Lupolianski was a cherished partner in our shared path. He was a man defined by kindness, generosity, action and a profound love of humanity. Beer commented: “Rabbi Lupolianski was a pillar of Chesed Read more