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This Week's News from Israel (March 16, 2026)
23 hours ago
Magen David Adom Paramedic Shields Newborn with His Body

Recently, Magen David Adom (Israel’s Red Cross paramedic services) delivered a baby while on route to the closest hospital. Seconds after birth, the team’s mobile phones alerted them to the warnings of incoming ballistic missiles from Iran. The team’s leader, Elad Pas, instructed the driver to pull over in a…

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23 hours ago
Magen David Adom Keep Emergency Care Available Under Missile Attack

Israel’s Magen David Adom has 39,000 people available to provide medical assistance, 90 percent of whom are volunteers and 10 percent of whom are paid staff. Uri Shacham, Magen David Adom (MDA) chief of staff, said “Regardless of where something happens, whether it’s a city in the center of the…

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23 hours ago
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Move into Hezbollah-Controlled Lebanon

Since November 2024, a quiet ceasefire has held between Israel and Hezbollah, an Iranian terror proxy in southern Lebanon. As a result of Israel’s pre-emptive strikes in Iran, Hezbollah decided to break the ceasefire on March 2 and has subsequently launched over 100 rockets and drones per day on northern…

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23 hours ago
Ministry Report from Israel

One of our workers writes:

As the second week of the war has become the third week, we continue to live close to bomb shelters so that we can reach them quickly when the sirens sound. The country is operating under severe restrictions: all educational institutions are closed, and people…

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