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Muslim Helps Charedi Woman Suffering From Corona Light Candles On Erev Chag
A 90-year-old Charedi woman from Bnei Brak was diagnosed with Covid-19 Coronavirus just before the last day of Pesach. On Tuesday afternoon she was brought to the hotel in Tel Aviv set aside for those diagnosed with Corona and remained in quarantine there. Minutes before the holiday began, she realized that she did not have Read more
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President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer Awake and Off Ventilator
It is with great joy that we can announce that Eli is awake, off the ventilator, and breathing on his own. Thank you to all those who prayed and did acts of kindness in his merit. He has a long recovery ahead, and we ask everyone to give him and his family time before contacting Read more
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EMT Saves Choking Baby He Helped Deliver a Week Prior Then Extricates Stuck Ambulance That Was Trying To Transport The Infant To The Hospital
On Monday evening just after 9:00 p.m., an infant, just barely one-week-old choked and suffered severe aspiration in a small town in Gush Etzion. His mother screamed for help and a neighbor called emergency services. Within less than one minute a volunteer EMT who lived nearby was at the home of the stricken child and Read more
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Pre-Pesach Update on Eli Beer
Dear Supporters and Friends of United Hatzalah, Eli, our beloved President and Founder, is currently stable and showing signs of improvement in Miami Hospital. At this time he is still intubated because Eli’s condition was fluctuating over the last week. This is one of the challenges of this illness; it behaves in a very complex Read more
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United Hatzalah Takes Over Care In Bnei Brak Old Age Home After Staff Contracts Coronavirus
After numerous members of the medical staff at an old age home in Bnei Brak contracted Coronavirus United Hatzalah medical teams were asked to provide care for approximately 50 residents who live in the home. Volunteers from the Bnei Brak Chapter of United Hatzalah answered the call. Effi Feldman who runs the organization’s Bnei Brak Read more
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Responding in The Fastest Way Possible In The Corona Era
A woman was driving along Highway 65 near Afula when she lost control of her car, spinning wildly and flipping over. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yitzchak Shayov was nearby and the United Hatzalah dispatching system identified him as one of the five closest responders to the scene. After being notified of the harrowing incident, Yitzchak Read more
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United Hatzalah Opens New National Dispatch Center To Treat Humanitarian Emergencies
The Israel Association of Community Centers and Lev Echad have partnered with United Hatzalah of Israel and launched a new national dispatch center managing 30,000 volunteers who will provide assistance to humanitarian emergencies across Israel. The new partnership has given birth to the largest humanitarian aid group currently operating in Israel. The mission of the Read more
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When Kindness Unfolds In A Miraculous Way
(Written by Sarah Bechor) Ariel Drei lives in the town of Bat Ayin located in Gush Etzion and works in Jerusalem as the project manager for a construction company. He volunteers for both United Hatzalah as an EMT and for Yedidim as a roadside assistance provider. On Tuesday, September 10th, of last year, Ariel was Read more
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Kiryat Ata Volunteers and City Staff Deliver Food To Those in Isolation and Elderly
As the Covid-19 coronavirus situation in Israel worsens, United Hatzalah joined forces with Kiryat Ata city council to deliver food packages to those in need of financial assistance, people stuck in isolation and the elderly in the city. The organization joined together with social services in the city to deliver food to those in financial Read more