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Wesam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza City in January 2024 after the car she was in with relatives came under Israeli fire, shows a picture of her late daughter during an interview with The Associated Press at an undisclosed location, August 21, 2026.
August 22, 2026, 5:55 pm
Mother of Gaza’s Hind Rajab demands independent probe after IDF opens criminal investigation
More than two years after 5-year-old girl was killed in Gaza City, military has acknowledged troops fired at family car, reversing initial account that forces were not in the area
By AP and ToI Staff
Wounded IDF paramedic Gaya Zubery (left) speaks with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi as he visits wounded soldiers at Sheba Medical Center. (IDF)
May 12, 2024, 8:51 pm
Healing the nation: Group of medical personnel to jointly light Independence Day torch
Hospital doctors, a nurse, a 20-year-old female IDF paramedic severely wounded in Gaza and a health nonprofit founder will share the honor
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Yuval Hizkiya, a paramedic who saved a life under fire, in a Channel 12 report broadcast January 20, 2024. (Screen capture: Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 21, 2024, 12:06 pm
Under fire in Gaza, hero paramedic saved life of tank crew member
When tank in front of her was hit by a rocket, Yuval Hizkiya gave first aid and fired at terrorists, keeping wounded soldier conscious long enough to get him to a hospital
By ToI Staff
IDF soldiers preparing to enter Gaza use high-tech wounded 'body parts' during MSR training simulations on the Gaza border, October 2023. (Courtesy of MSR)
January 3, 2024, 2:24 pm
High-tech medical simulation training arrived ‘just in time’ for IDF medics
Soldiers use computer-controlled anatomically correct mannequins to learn key lifesaving procedures for use on the battlefield
By Renee Ghert-Zand
This combination photo shows Benny Shlomo (top left) and the scene where Benny Shlomo and another man were shot in a suspected assassination in Azor, October 3, 2022. (Channel 13 screengrab, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)/(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 3, 2022, 6:08 pm
Israeli mob boss gunned down in broad daylight at gas station near Tel Aviv
Benny Shlomo dead on arrival at the hospital after shooting in Azor; 2nd man in serious condition; off-duty cop on the scene gives chase but suspects still on the loose
By ToI Staff
Rescuers at Mount Meron, shortly after tragedy unfolded. Avi Marcus, director the the medical department at United Hatzalah of Israel, is top left. (courtesy of United Hatzalah)
May 3, 2021, 2:57 am
‘Broken’: Meron tragedy reduced Israel’s toughest rescuers to tears, trauma
Medics were left with deep emotional scars. One says he can’t shake memory of a boy he didn’t reach. Another felt like a ’hangman’
By Nathan Jeffay
This undated photo shows Kious Kelly. Kelly, an Emergency Room nurse at the Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020, after a bout with the new coronavirus (Marya Sherron via AP)
March 27, 2020, 12:46 pm
Fighting virus on NYC’s front lines, health workers worry they will be next
With city currently facing biggest coronavirus outbreak in US, workers are increasingly concerned about disease hitting their own ranks, amid lack of testing and protective gear
By Bernard Condon, Jim Mustian and Jennifer Peltz
Dvir Shnerb receives shoulder epaulets from his father Rabbi Eitan Shnerb and his grandfather Zvi Wisbert, at the graduation ceremony of the MDA Medics Course. (Madagascar Photography via JTA)
September 6, 2019, 12:09 pm
2 weeks after surviving terror attack, Israeli teen becomes a medic
Dvir Shnerb was seriously injured in the West Bank bombing that killed his 17-year-old sister Rina
By JTA
Medics treat a man at the Amud Stream nature reserve after his 11-year-old son directed them to the scene (Magen David Adom)
September 6, 2019, 11:13 am
Israeli child calls paramedics from hiking trail, helps save father’s life
11-year-old was hiking with his dad when the latter collapsed from heatstroke; the boy phoned for help, administered treatment and directed rescuers to the scene
By ToI Staff
Neve Zohar beach on the Dead Sea, where an 88-year-old woman drowned on May 27, 2018. (Maya Harran: CC-BY-SA-4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
May 27, 2018, 7:16 pm
Woman, 88, drowns in Dead Sea
Emergency rescue personnel try to resuscitate her without success
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Medical personnel at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, on March 2, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 27, 2018, 10:24 am
Thousands of health professionals strike over manpower shortage
Physiotherapists, dietitians, speech therapists, occupational therapists and others walk out claiming they are overworked and unable to meet demand
By Stuart Winer
Mini-ambulances launched by the Magen David Adom emergency and rescue service to speed up response times in crowded or hard-to-reach locations, October 9, 2017. (Yehezkel Itkin via MDA)
October 10, 2017, 4:54 pm
Magen David Adom launches speedy mini-ambulances
Electric cars will help volunteer paramedics circumvent traffic, access narrow streets and maneuver through audiences at events
By Sue Surkes
Ambulances in northern Israel near the Jordan River at a spot where two teens nearly drowned and were rescued by paramedics and civilians who were on site, September 15, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)
September 15, 2017, 6:26 pm
Two teens pulled unconscious from Jordan River
Medics trying to resuscitate them; fears that a third youth was swept away prove unfounded
By ToI Staff
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