When Missiles Strike, Israel’s Medics Run Toward the Danger Israel’s emergency medical service mobilizes volunteers, advanced training, and fortified infrastructure to respond to missile attacks during wartime By Felice Friedson and Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line “People in Israel go to shelters when the sirens sound. But Magen David Adom volunteers go out of the shelters […]
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When Missiles Strike, Israel’s Medics Run Toward the Danger
Israel’s emergency medical service mobilizes volunteers, advanced training, and fortified infrastructure to respond to missile attacks during wartime
By Felice Friedson and Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line
“People in Israel go to shelters when the sirens sound. But Magen David Adom volunteers go out of the shelters and save others.”
For Uri Shacham, Magen David Adom [MDA] chief of staff, that contrast captures the organization’s role in wartime. When Iranian missiles and drones hit Israeli cities during the June 2025 war with Iran, MDA, Israel’s national emergency medical service and blood services organization, had to do what it had long prepared for—send medics into strike zones and keep emergency care running under fire. From its headquarters in Ramla to damaged apartment blocks in Bat Yam, the system relied on rapid dispatching, years of training, fortified infrastructure, and a volunteer force spread across the country.
PHOTO – Magen David Adom responds after a Tel Aviv building is hit by an Iranian rocket. (Courtesy MDA)
Linked video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m73Fkd__27I