Since October 7th and amid growing security concerns, United Hatzalah has been enhancing its emergency readiness and response capabilities. This includes training for extreme scenarios, evaluating various systems, improving internal coordination, and preparing for potential multi-front conflicts, missile attacks, and blackout situations. Communication Blackouts Dov Maisel, United Hatzalah’s VP of Operations, emphasized the organization’s operational Read more

Knesset Speaker Ohana: “I know how much you have done, how much you are doing, and how much more you will do” Amid escalating security concerns from Hezbollah and Iran, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana visited the national headquarters of United Hatzalah in Jerusalem on Wednesday. United Hatzalah is Israel’s national volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) Read more

United Hatzalah, Israel’s national volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization, announced today the appointment of Professor Ehud Davidson as its new CEO. Davidson formerly served as CEO of Clalit Health Services – Israel’s largest healthcare provider. Professor Davidson, a renowned internal medicine specialist who headed major medical institutions in Israel including Meir Medical Center and Read more

A team of volunteer EMTs successfully resuscitated two individuals on Saturday in two separate incidents, both within a few hundred feet of each other in Jerusalem’s Sanhedria neighborhood. The EMTs, members of United Hatzalah, Israel’s national volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization, arrived at both scenes in under two minutes of receiving the emergency calls. Read more

This week, Ortal Dayan, who suffered severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident last July, reunited with Itamar Mustaki, the United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who saved her life. The reunion took place at the site of the crash near Masmiya Junction in central Israel, exactly one year after the accident. On that day, Dayan, a Read more

On Monday afternoon in Jerusalem, lifeguards noticed an elderly woman drowning in a pool. They immediately jumped in to assist her but she was already unconscious. Emergency services were immediately notified as the lifeguards pulled her out of the pool. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Naftali Yehuda Pasin was nearby at his grandparents’ apartment when he Read more

On Thursday afternoon in Tel Aviv, a 10-month-old child ate a snack and his face began to swell. His mother immediately contacted emergency services for help.  United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Chanoch Cohen was leaving his office after a long day of work when he received a notification about the emergency on his communications device. He Read more

On Monday afternoon, a 10-year-old child suffered a severe allergic reaction at his house in Beit Shemesh. His mother immediately alerted emergency services. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and law student Tuvia Greenberg was writing a research paper when he received the alert on his communications device. He immediately dropped what he was doing and rushed Read more

On Saturday night, a woman in her 30s was walking her dog on the Tel Aviv Promenade when she suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness.  United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs Ariel Vexler and Shimmy Kfilof were responding to another, less serious emergency when passersby alerted them to the unconscious woman just 50 meters away. While Vexler remained Read more