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  • United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner

    United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner

    When Moti Elmaliach is not working as the head of strategy and PR at United Hatzalah, he is out saving lives as one of the organization’s 6,000 volunteer EMTs. Moti lives with his family in Tel Aviv and often responds to medical emergencies that take place in his neighborhood   One afternoon a few weeks ago, Read more

  • Beating The Angel of Death

    Beating The Angel of Death

    This past Rosh Hashanah, United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs David Badar and Sason Dabul were in Kfar Saba when they received an emergency alert from their communications device, notifying them of a medical emergency taking place nearby. David recognized the address and zipped through the small streets. The pair of EMTs arrived at the given location, Read more

  • Report of United Hatzalah’s Activities During The Second Wave of Corona

    Report of United Hatzalah’s Activities During The Second Wave of Corona

    Israel began its second wave of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic back in July as the number of people infected with the virus began to drastically rise once again. After reaching a meteoric rise in September, with nearly 10,000 people being infected with the disease per day,  the numbers began to decline in October after a Read more

  • Always Ready To Help A Person In Need – After Returning To Israel, United Hatzalah International Ambassador Saves A Life On the First Day Out Of Isolation

    Always Ready To Help A Person In Need – After Returning To Israel, United Hatzalah International Ambassador Saves A Life On the First Day Out Of Isolation

    Gavy Freidson started volunteering as a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT in 2006 when he was just 17-years-old. Receiving one of the organization’s first ambucycles, Gavy grew passionate to the act of jumping on his vehicle and arriving at the scene of a medical emergency to save a life. Since then, Gavy has moved to the Read more

  • “I Would Do It All Over Again” – Volunteer First Responder Forced Into Isolation After Treating New Mother Who Tested Positive For Corona

    “I Would Do It All Over Again” – Volunteer First Responder Forced Into Isolation After Treating New Mother Who Tested Positive For Corona

    One month ago, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Daniel Katzenstein received an alert from his communication device, notifying him about a medical emergency occurring near his home in Neve Yaakov. Daniel headed to the address in his emergency flycar. As per the protocol for volunteering during the pandemic, before he entered the home where the incident Read more

  • Transforming A Good Deed Into Something Bigger

    Transforming A Good Deed Into Something Bigger

    Kobi Ifargan is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT hailing from the city of Jerusalem. When Kobi is not active in saving lives, he is busy running his hair salon in Jerusalem. One afternoon, a couple of months ago, Kobi was tending to a customer when his communications device started ringing, alerting him to a medical Read more

  • Volunteer EMT Acts Quickly To Save A Man With Stab Wounds

    Volunteer EMT Acts Quickly To Save A Man With Stab Wounds

    Last week, just after 3:00 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yisrael Malul was tossing and turning in his bed, having a hard time falling asleep in his home in the city of Kokhav Ya’akov. Suddenly, interrupting the silence, a loud screeching voice was heard outside. The voice belonged to a woman crying for help. The Read more

  • Choosing To Face The Consequences

    Choosing To Face The Consequences

    United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Erez Agassi lives in Shoham and strives to make a difference every day and help those around him. Like many of his fellow Israelis, Erez has been facing increased pressure at his place of employment as of late, with coronavirus-related stressors building, making it increasingly difficult to continue responding to medical Read more

  • Two EMTs Deliver Two Baby Girls On Tuesday Before 9 A.M.

    Two EMTs Deliver Two Baby Girls On Tuesday Before 9 A.M.

    Early Tuesday morning, just after 6 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avigail Beer was awoken from her sleep by the sound of her emergency communication device, alerting her to a medical emergency nearby. A woman had gone into active labor and was in the middle of delivering her baby without enough time to make it Read more

  • Helping Corona Patients With Kindness And Love

    Helping Corona Patients With Kindness And Love

    Dvir Adani is a free-spirited man living in the heart of Tel Aviv and volunteering with United Hatzalah. Prior to the Corona outbreak, Dvir hosted parties for the public in Tel Aviv, but amidst the corona restrictions, Dvir has been a full-time committed EMT. The 30-year-old EMT joined United Hatzalah in his late teens, making Read more