Medic says he ran with minutes-old newborn to shelter after emergency birth under fire in Tel Aviv

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26 March 2026, 7:19 pm

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Reporter at The Times of Israel

Dr. Gal Rosen, left, a Magen David Adom paramedic, with father Nikola and his baby in a shelter in Tel Aviv on March 26, 2026. (Courtesy Viri Acoca)

Magen David Adom says that minutes after a paramedic helped a woman through an emergency birth at her home in Tel Aviv this morning, a siren signaling an Iranian ballistic missile sounded.

MDA paramedic Dr. Gal Rosen, the EMT team, the parents, Violet and Nikola, and their newborn baby were forced to quickly evacuate to a shelter.

Rosen, wearing a ballistic vest and helmet, ran with the minutes-old newborn in his arms to reach a shelter.

“In the very next moment, once it was safe, I handed him straight to his father,” Rosen said. “Seeing a half-hour-old baby in a public shelter, surrounded by a family full of blessings and joy, is something you don’t forget.”