On Monday night in Ramat Beit Shemesh, a young woman suffered a severe allergic reaction after eating a pastry. She immediately called emergency services. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Naftali Dajilovsky was driving to work when he was alerted about the emergency down the block. He drove to the scene and arrived within a minute at Read more

The series covers significant emergency events in Israel’s history, featuring firsthand accounts from those directly involved in the emergency response. A new podcast series launched today (Wednesday) by United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest independent emergency medical services (EMS) organization, aims to give listeners an inside look at the intense, often unpredictable world of emergency medical response in Read more

On Sunday morning, a man in his 90s lost consciousness after a fall in his house in Ramat Gan. His foreign caretaker immediately called emergency services. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Eitan Felheimer was home preparing to go to work when he received the alert on his communications device dispatching him to the emergency. He immediately Read more

United Hatzalah welcomed Mike Sapraicone, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from New York, to its headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday, September 4.  Sapraicone, a retired New York Police Department Detective and founder of a global security firm, was visibly moved by the organization’s innovative approach to emergency medical services. During his visit, Sapraicone Read more

The United Hatzalah family mourns the loss of one of our greatest friends and supporters, Cherna Moskowitz. We are united in grief as we bid farewell to a woman whose compassion and generosity helped save countless lives across Israel. “Cherna and her late husband Irving, both of blessed memory, embodied the Talmudic teaching that saving Read more

In a significant move to enhance its life-saving capabilities, United Hatzalah launched a state-of-the-art cloud-based emergency response solution developed by Carbyne, an Israeli startup and global leader in public safety technologies. The initiative comes as a direct response to the lessons learned from the October 7th events, which highlighted the need for an even more Read more

“Hi Eli, This is Yossi Bar from Tzohar HaLev (an organization that helps children with special needs) in the town of Rechasim. I need a moment of your time to discuss today’s incident in Rechasim. It’s crucial I share this with you.” Eli Pollak, Deputy CEO of United Hatzalah, gripped the phone a bit tighter Read more

A medical emergency on a flight from Georgia to Israel was resolved without requiring an emergency landing, thanks to the intervention of a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who happened to be on the flight. Yinon Tsarfati, an EMT and ambulance driver with the volunteer-based EMS organization, responded when a 70-year-old female passenger became ill during Read more

United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization, met last week with the leadership of MOSHE – Words That Make a Difference, a leading Israeli suicide prevention group, to discuss further professional collaboration on responding to and preventing cases of suicide. The visit, which took place at United Hatzalah’s Jerusalem headquarters, highlighted the Read more