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April 17, 2026, 8:38 am
Emergency vehicle tribute to Israeli missile victim defaced
Graffiti daubed across ambucar commemorating Ronit Elimelech in ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood
By Lianne Kolirin
Ben and Alex who met at Norwood. Photo: Blake Ezra Photography 2023
February 13, 2025, 9:44 am
Our community charities demonstrate love every single day. What makes them tick?
The leaders and volunteers of Jewish charities tell us why they love their work, and we shine a light on the beneficiaries of that work
By Louisa Walters
Oct 7 photos - credit United Hatzalah
October 22, 2024, 9:35 pm
Hatzalah first responder recalls 7 October ‘hell’ ahead of first national day of mourning
Briton Leo Horn describes 'one rocket landing on the left, another on the right and our ambulance driving in between. It doesn't make any sense that we got out alive'
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Shalom Avitan
October 14, 2023, 7:18 pm
‘The world needs to see that Hamas did this. We cannot keep quiet.’
'People without hands or legs, with gunshot wounds to the face and stomach. People that were cut open, that were burnt.' 23-year old United Hatzalah volunteer tells Jewish News it's been the worst week of his life.
By Michelle Rosenberg
One of the letters drawn by children to support soldiers in Israel.
October 11, 2023, 4:22 pm
Israel at war – how YOU can help
A Jewish News action directory for the community, whether donating to emergency appeals, volunteering for CST, or collecting socks and batteries for Israel's front line soldiers
By Michelle Rosenberg
United Hatzalah says MDA was trying to undermine its emergency dispatch system
July 19, 2023, 2:34 pm
End of Round 2 in Israel’s Battle of the (emergency medical) Hotlines
Judges rule in favour of United Hatzalah after Magen David Adom's latest attempt to simplify the country's medical dispatching
By Jewish News Reporter
Brothers Yaakov Yisrael Paley, 6 (right) and Asher Menahem Paley, 8, killed in a deadly car-ramming terror attack near Ramot Junction in Jerusalem on February 10, 2023. (Twitter)
February 14, 2023, 11:16 am
OPINION: ‘Allahu akbar’: use God’s name for goodness, not acts of unimaginable evil
Eli Beer, CEO of United Hatzalah, reflects on the power of the Arabic phrase that means 'God is great' when used for love rather than blind, bloodthirsty hate.
By Eli Beer United Hatzalah
Suspected terror attack in the Ramon neighborhood of Jerusalem, February 10, 2023. (photo credit: ANNA RAIBA BARSKY/MAARIV)
February 10, 2023, 12:40 pm
Young brothers and 20-year-old man killed in Jerusalem terror attack
Palestinian driver shot dead after ramming into bus stop in Ramot, east Jerusalem was released from a psychiatric hospital in northern Israel only days ago.
By Michelle Rosenberg and Jotam Confino in Israel
United-Hatzalah-and-IDF-teams-preparing-medical-equipment-before-going-into-a-collapsed-building-in-Kahramanmaras-to-treat-a-survivor-on-Thursday. Credit: United Hatzalah
February 10, 2023, 12:25 pm
Israeli Chief Rabbi issues Shabbat dispensation for earthquake search and rescue
Rabbi Lau gives special ruling permitting IDF and United Hatzalah operations to continue in Turkey as the appalling death toll goes beyond 20,000.
By Michelle Rosenberg
People search through rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
February 6, 2023, 10:59 am
UK and Israel offer to send aid after earthquake leaves over 1,700 dead in Turkey and Syria
"A request was also received to do this for the many who were injured in the earthquake in Syria,” Netanyahu said, which led him to “instruct that this be done as well.”
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Neil Blair (Photo: The Blair Partnership)
August 18, 2022, 1:25 pm
JK Rowling agent takes the helm at British Friends of United Hatzalah
Neil Blair will take over as the head of the board when current chairman David Metzger steps down next month.
By Jewish News Reporter
Scene after a terrorist attack in which three people were stabbed. The attack began on a bus and continued into the street in Rishon Lezion. (Photo by Eliran Avital/MDA Spokesman/Israel Sun 2-11-15)
July 21, 2022, 2:19 pm
Medical emergency charity in Israel accused of spying on officials and rival
United Hatzalah stands accused of hiring private investigators to surveil health ministry staff it had linked to rival MDA
By Jewish News Reporter
Eli Beer and his entourage together with Olga meet the mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk and Ukrainian soldiers near Bucha)
May 15, 2022, 1:41 pm
More medicines arrive for besieged Ukraine residents from United Hatzalah president
Project which has airlifted thousands from Ukraine to Israel gets extra supplies from the man who founded it
By Toby Porter
Rival organisations: ambulances operated by United Hatzalah (left) and Magen David Adom (Photos: United Hatzalah & MDA)
August 5, 2021, 12:42 pm
Top Israeli medical services trade blows as court orders compensation
Magen David Adom awarded compensation in claim against United Hatzalah — as both sides clash over the correct emergency services hotline
By Michael Daventry
Rescue workers were at the site of the collapsed building for a fifth day on Monday (Photo: Reuters)
June 28, 2021, 5:38 pm
Work together to avoid traumatising Miami survivors, Israeli charity urges
United Hatzalah, which is offering psychological support to survivors and victims' families, says agencies must coordinate on the ground
By Michael Daventry
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