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United Hatzalah Muslim Volunteers Join IDF

United Hatzalah Muslim Volunteers Join IDF United Hatzalah Muslim Volunteers Join IDF and Hold Training Drill Simulating Missile Attack in Kfar Qassem On Sunday evening, United Hatzalah volunteers from the Kfar Kasem-Kfar Bara-Jaljulia branch conducted a

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Homebound Holocaust Survivor Visits Beach For First Time In Years Thanks to EMS Volunteers

Homebound Holocaust Survivor Visits Beach For First Time In Years Thanks to EMS Volunteers Last week Tuesday, volunteers from the “Ten Kavod” (Giving Honor) project of United Hatzalah made a dream come true for 81-year-old Holocaust survivor M

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United Hatzalah : A Mid-Air Rescue En Route Israel to London

United Hatzalah : A Mid-Air Rescue En Route Israel to London By Yoel Bueta, EMT United Hatzalah of Israel My name is Yoel Bueta, and I just had a pretty incredible experience wherein I saved a man’s life while on a plane. I was traveling from Israel to

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United Hatzalah – Surmounting Disability To Save Lives

United Hatzalah – Surmounting Disability To Save Lives EMT with disability responds to emergencies in a wheelchair.   Akko – A few weeks ago, a woman in her 50s suffered chest pains in her home in the city of Akko. Her relatives alerted e

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‘I Can’t Prevent Death Completely But I Can Really Help a Lot of People’: United Hatzalah of Israel Founder Discusses Future of the Life-Saving EMS Volunteer Group

Eli Beer, the founder and president of United Hatzalah for Israel, has big hopes for the national emergency rescue organization he started as a mere local community project in Jerusalem as a teen. "I want to make sure Israel has the fastest and most profe

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Teaching first aid to Bedouin students to build a faster response in the Negev

Teaching first aid to Bedouin students to build a faster response in the Negev How can you respond to a medical emergency without an address? How can you arrive at a medical emergency in a town with no roads? Our teams in the Negev face these issues every

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United Hatzalah: One Year Since the Ukraine War – A Refugee in Israel Tells Her Story

United Hatzalah: One Year Since the Ukraine War – A Refugee in Israel Tells Her Story It’s been one year since the war began in Ukraine. Our impact has been felt by thousands of Ukrainians. This is Sasha’s story.

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Israel United Hatzalah: By Land, By Sea, and Now… By Air-

Israel United Hatzalah: By Land, By Sea, and Now… By Air- United Hatzalah of Israel inaugurated today its air medical unit (medevac) comprised of three helicopters and 30 flight paramedics. The unit will provide immediate air medical assistance in the n

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United Hatzalah – Ukrainian Refugees Train To Become EMTs in Israel

United Hatzalah – Ukrainian Refugees Train To Become EMTs in Israel Ten members of Uman’s Breslov community who fled to Israel at the onset of the war trained to become EMTs with United Hatzalah in hopes of returning to Ukraine and assist their co

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United Hatzalah – Missing Man On Ashkelon Coast Results In Dramatic ATV Rescue

United Hatzalah – Missing Man On Ashkelon Coast Results In Dramatic ATV Rescue Ashkelon – A man in his 20s was reported missing last night (Sunday) around 7:30 p.m. His last known whereabouts were on Nitzanim Beach near Ashkelon. Due to repor

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Pre-Pesach Rescue of Three Holocaust Survivors From Ukraine Is a Sign of Hope

A photo of the Ukraine rescue operation. Photo: United Hatzalah. Earlier this month, amid air raid sirens and bombings, we …

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Adelson Family Sponsors Flights of 500 Ukrainian Refugees to Israel

Adelson Family Sponsors Flights of 500 Ukrainian Refugees to Israel Adelson Family Sponsors Flights for 500 Ukrainian Refugees to Israel With Operation Orange Wings, Reuniting Many With Israeli Family Members. Jerusalem – Members of the Adelson fami

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Hatzalah Covert Operations Deliver Medicine, Food, Aliyah Papers to Ukrainian Jews

"These undercover deliveries of food and medical supplies to people inside Ukraine are of vital importance and save lives."

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United Hatzalah Has Brought More Than 2,000 Ukrainian Refugees To Israel

United Hatzalah Has Brought More Than 2,000 Ukrainian Refugees To Israel United Hatzalah is proud to have brought to Israel more than 2,000 Ukrainian refugees as part of Operation Orange Wings. The specially chartered series of rescue flights have brought

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A Message of Kindness From Moldovan Car Mechanics In Support of Ukrainian Refugees

A Message of Kindness From Moldovan Car Mechanics In Support of Ukrainian Refugees by Shay Reitzes On the United Hatzalah delegation to Ukraine, we met so many incredible people, people, who like us, came from all over the world to help the Ukrainian refu

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UNPACKED: Watch How United Hatzalah Volunteers Reach Emergencies Faster than an Ambulance

UNPACKED: Watch How United Hatzalah Volunteers Reach Emergencies Faster than an Ambulance United Hatzalah, a non-profit medical response service founded by Eli Beer in 2006, provides free emergency treatment and ambulance transportation to anyone in Israe

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United Hatzalah – The Humane Logistics of Humanitarian Aid

United Hatzalah – The Humane Logistics of Humanitarian Aid Ultra-Orthodox volunteer and logistics director’s firsthand account of shopping and cooking on Shabbat to help Ukrainian refugees Chisinau – My name is Yossi Kletzky and I was one of

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Israeli EMS Org. United Hatzalah Sending a Delegation to Moldova to Assist Ukrainian Refugees

Israeli EMS Org. United Hatzalah Sending a Delegation to Moldova to Assist Ukrainian Refugees United Hatzalah is currently preparing to send a delegation of 30 emergency medical volunteers and members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to Moldov

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EXCLUSIVE: New Muslim EMT Performs First Successful CPR on a Jewish Woman and Saves Her Life

EXCLUSIVE: New Muslim EMT Performs First Successful CPR on a Jewish Woman and Saves Her Life Kiryat Motskin – On Wednesday evening at around 7:30 p.m., a 70-year-old woman lost consciousness in her home on Simtat Tamari street in Kiryat Motskin. The

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EXCLUSIVE – Shalom Avitan’s Amazing Week of Lifesaving

EXCLUSIVE – Shalom Avitan’s Amazing Week of Lifesaving Jerusalem- On Monday night at around 11:00 p.m., a man suffering from intense chest pains in his home on Monbaz Street in Jerusalem called the United Hatzalah dispatch center for help. Luckily

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EXCLUSIVE: One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim

EXCLUSIVE: One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim Tayibe – Eiad Azem is a United Hatzalah volunteer from the city of Tayibe, an Arab city in central Israel, and the deputy head of the team there. He is an i

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – This Is What We Train For

IsraelSeen Exclusive – This Is What We Train For EMTs save a choking woman’s life in a Rehovot Restaurant Rehovot – Tuesday evening, just after 8:00 p.m. a woman in her 70s was enjoying a meal in a restaurant on Herzl Street in Rehovot when

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Israel Seen EXCLUSIVE – Saving the Life of A Badly Injured Cyclist

Israel Seen EXCLUSIVE – Saving the Life of A Badly Injured Cyclist At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday evening, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Itai Strominger was eating dinner with his family in their home in Be’er Milka. At the same time, a man

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ISRAEL: Student and Teacher Save A Life Together

ISRAEL: Student and Teacher Save A Life Together After taking a ‘Safe Family’ CPR course, bystander initiated CPR on collapsed man and helped save his life together with the EMT who taught him   Kfar Saba- Yossi Cohen is a United Hatzalah volunte

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Exclusive: United Hatzalah Ambulance Team Saves Choking Victim On Rosh HaShanah

Exclusive: United Hatzalah Ambulance Team Saves Choking Victim On Rosh HaShanah Kiryat Motzkin – Just after 2:30 pm on Wednesday afternoon, the second day of Rosh HaShanah, United Hatzalah regional paramedic Doron Shapir, was in the middle of an amb

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EXCLUSIVE: Following Cardiac Arrest, EMT Performs CPR On His Neighbour Saving His Life

EXCLUSIVE: Following Cardiac Arrest, EMT Performs CPR On His Neighbour Saving His Life Kiryat Ata – On Wednesday night in Kiryat Ata, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yoni Tehila was at home in his apartment, relaxing on the couch after a long day at w

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IsraelSeen Exclusive: “Saving A Father In Front Of His Children”

IsraelSeen Exclusive: “Saving A Father In Front Of His Children” Jerusalem – On Tuesday night, just after 8 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yishai Salomon was in his home winding down after a long day at work when suddenly his communication

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – Helping Others Is What Life Is All About

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Helping Others Is What Life Is All About EMT Responds To Cardiac Arrest At Medical Clinic and Saves a Life   Jerusalem – On Sunday afternoon, a man in his 70s had just finished a medical checkup at the MAR Institute

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Exclusive – Rescuing A Girl Who Fell Off A Cliff

Exclusive – Rescuing A Girl Who Fell Off A Cliff Ein Naqquba – On Sunday evening, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Samr Salama was in his home in the town of Ein Naqquba when his emergency communications device began alerting him of an active med

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EXCLUSIVE – Saving An Unconscious Man In The Old City of Jerusalem

EXCLUSIVE – Saving An Unconscious Man In The Old City of Jerusalem Jerusalem – On Tuesday evening, at 5:00 p.m. in Jerusalem, a 56-year-old man was taking a nap when his daughter came to check on him and found him blue-faced and unconscious wi

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving a Woman I’ve Saved Before

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving a Woman I’ve Saved Before Muslim EMT saves the life of a neighbor from his community who he has gotten to know because he has helped her so many times   Kfar Kara – Late Wednesday afternoon, Bashir Abu Ata,

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Israel Seen Exclusive – Fighting A Battle I Have To Win

Israel Seen Exclusive – Fighting A Battle I Have To Win EMT performs an incredible act of lifesaving in order to keep a 9-year-old girl with a chronic disease alive. Neve Ziv – On Saturday night, just after 9:30 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer

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IsraelSeen – Helping a Young Girl After A Three Storey Fall

IsraelSeen – Helping a Young Girl After A Three Storey Fall On Tuesday night, at 19:45 p.m., a 12-year-old girl was with her friends in the Sarig outdoor mall, located in the city of Binyamina. The young adults were enjoying playing around the mall,

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – From Death To Life in 10 Minutes Early Intervention By Family and First Responders

IsraelSeen Exclusive – From Death To Life in 10 Minutes Early Intervention By Family and First Responders Early Intervention By Family and First Responders, Brings A Cardiac Arrest Patient Back To Life In Less than Ten Minutes   Kiryat Gat R

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“Our Common Goal Is Saving Lives”- Jewish and Muslim EMTs Leave Training Class To Save A Life

“Our Common Goal Is Saving Lives”- Jewish and Muslim EMTs Leave Training Class To Save A Life Moshav Ram-On – On Monday night at 9:30 p.m., four United Hatzalah volunteers were participating in an advanced EMT training class. Three of them were

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – “We Are Here To Help, Today Is No Different”

IsraelSeen Exclusive – “We Are Here To Help, Today Is No Different” EMTs respond quickly to save seriously injured motorcyclist after a major crash. Early one Friday afternoon in the middle of February, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Netanel Moya

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving A Life Amid Purim Rush

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving A Life Amid Purim Rush On Tuesday afternoon, volunteer EMT Chezy Roth was at his store in central Jerusalem, tending to his customers who were going about their last-minute Purim shopping when his communications device

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Israel Seen Exclusive – Finding the Motivation To Keep Going, Even When We Don’t Succeed

Israel Seen Exclusive – Finding the Motivation To Keep Going, Even When We Don’t Succeed On Wednesday afternoon in Givat Ze’ev, a young boy just under two years old was playing in his backyard when he tripped and landed on the family’s jacuzzi

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Israel Seen Exclusive – Saying Thank You 13 Years Later

Israel Seen Exclusive – Saying Thank You 13 Years Later This past Monday evening, United Hatzalah volunteer and Rehovot resident Micha Shulem walked into one of the shuls in the city to daven Maariv and noticed a man from the corner of his eye looki

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Israel Seen Exclusive – A Miraculous Delivery On Route 1 Israel

Israel Seen Exclusive – A Miraculous Delivery On Route 1 Israel This past Monday night, just after 8 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avraham Arnon was finishing his shift in the Maccabi vaccination center in Ramla, when his communications device

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Israeli EMS Roll Outs COVID Rapid Tests With Biotech Startup Nanosynex

Nanosynex's founders coordinated a donation of some 200 rapid testing kits as part of a pilot initiative with United Hatzalah.

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Devo Klein – Seeing The Result Of My Lifesaving Actions

Devo Klein – Seeing The Result Of My Lifesaving Actions On Monday night, just after 10 p.m. in the northern city of Tzfat (Safed), A 60-year-old handyman began suffering acute chest pains and decided to take a break and lay down on a park bench near

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IsraelSeen Exclusive Taking Break From Coffee To Save A Life

IsraelSeen Exclusive Taking Break From Coffee To Save A Life Ebud Beker is a Muslim United Hatzalah EMT hailing from a small village in East Jerusalem. This past Friday, Ebud was enjoying a coffee with his two brothers at a local coffee shop when his emer

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Exclusive Devo Klein - United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner

Exclusive Devo Klein – 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.

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Exclusive:Devorah Klein - Being Prepared Mentally Can Save A Life

Exclusive:Devorah Klein – Being Prepared Mentally Can Save A Life Earlier this week on a Wednesday night, just after 9 p.m. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Chani Vaknin, was returning from her nightly run, when a neighbor approached her, just as she w

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Exclusive - Participating In A Miracle On A Construction Sight

Exclusive – Participating In A Miracle On A Construction Sight One afternoon a few months ago, United Hatzalah EMT Omer Elian, was at a customer’s office, installing a door for their entrance, when his United Hatzalah communications device ale

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Exclusive- Devo Klein-First Responder Acts Quickly To Save a Life In East Jerusalem

Exclusive- Devo Klein-First Responder Acts Quickly To Save a Life In East Jerusalem Mohammed Ahbeed is a Muslim volunteer EMT living in East Jerusalem who joined United Hatzalah last year. He has quickly proven himself as an active and dedicated volunteer

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Exclusive - Deena Hornstein-A Postponed Wedding Anniversary

Exclusive – Deena Hornstein-A Postponed Wedding Anniversary Mohammed Gnaiem works as a nurse in Loewenstein Hospital, a rehabilitation center in Ra’anana, and is a very active United Hatzalah volunteer EMT. This past Saturday was Mohammed’s wedd

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IsraelSeen Exclusive - Deena Hornstein-Finding The Lost Victim

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Deena Hornstein-Finding The Lost Victim Recently, an accident occurred on Route 437, near the Palestinian town of Hizma. The accident was between a car and a motorcycle. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and police officer Eli Avr

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Israel Seen Exclusive - Rescue In A Yarkon Hotel

Israel Seen Exclusive – Rescue In A Yarkon Hotel A few weeks ago on Tuesday, at 12:30 p.m. United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center received a phone call regarding a serious injury that had just taken place in a Tel-Aviv hotel on HaYarkon Str

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IsraelSeen Exclusive - Two Women Save Their Neighbor's Life After He Collapsed In Front Of His Children

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Two Women Save Their Neighbor’s Life After He Collapsed In Front Of His Children Last Tuesday, Talia Brauer and Tina Berkowitz, two United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs from the town of Ein Hod, which is located in a remote area o

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Israel Seen Exclusive - The Art of Running And Saving A Life

Israel Seen Exclusive – The Art of Running And Saving A Life   The pair of United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs, Yuval Shlafman and Amir Gellis know each other quite well as they meet up early Friday mornings on Hatzuk Beach, as part of their Tel Avi

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Israel Seen Exclusive - Responding To A Terror Attack Quickly and Safely

Israel Seen Exclusive – Responding To A Terror Attack Quickly and Safely On a recent afternoon, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Aviad Hertz was working from home when he heard pistol shots in the distance. He did not know whether they were from the ne

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"SAVING LIVES SUNDAY" BENEFIT RELEASES STUNNING RENDITION OF "HALLELUJAH"

“SAVING LIVES SUNDAY” BENEFIT RELEASES STUNNING RENDITION OF “HALLELUJAH” SAVING LIVES SUNDAY” BENEFIT RELEASES STUNNING RENDITION OF “HALLELUJAH” IN ENGLISH, HEBREW AND ARABICFEATURING INTERNATIONAL CELEBS & FIRST RESPONDERS Jerusalem, (May