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Five people were killed and eleven injured in a shooting attack at Ramot Junction in Jerusalem. MDA teams arrived within minutes, provided urgent treatment at the scene and evacuated casualties to nearby hospitals. MDA Blood Services also supplied emergency blood units to support ongoing lifesaving care.

To be at 100% operational capacity, the highest level of alert, costs an additional £150,000 each day.

Magen David Adom is Israel’s national medical emergency, ambulance, disaster response and blood service, and serves as the country’s Red Cross society. For more than 75 years, Magen David Adom UK has funded ambulances, medical equipment and blood services in Israel, while also supporting partner organisations worldwide that provide urgent care to people of all backgrounds.

MDA UK volunteer Howard Taylor has won the Smee & Ford Legacy Giving Award for Legacy Volunteer of the Year. Howard played a key role in the restitution of Nazi looted art to the estate of Harry Fuld Jnr, benefiting Magen David Adom UK. His leadership has helped secure nearly £20 million in legacy income since 2012.

A tour of the Marcus National Blood Services Center revealed a powerful fact. In Israel, one unit of donated blood can save three lives. Deep underground at the national blood bank, the process shows how a single donation can impact three people who may never meet but depend on that vital gift.

Magen David Adom UK supporters joined a four day mission to Israel, meeting President Isaac Herzog and several first responders from 7 October. The group received briefings, visited the northern border, met paramedics involved in recent attacks and explored MDA’s first response vehicles, including helicopters and lifeboats on the Kinneret.