Magen David Adom
The IDF reported that the missile, the second in hours, was “likely intercepted” after multiple attempts • 11 people were injured running to shelters • Missile debris hit several private residences in the Jerusalem area.
The two individuals were shot to death and the suspected motive for the murders is criminal.
Firefighting forces operated to extinguish the flames that engulfed the top floors of a residential building that partly serves as a girls’ seminary.
Patricia Heaton is honored as a “Champion of Israel” by the American Friends of Magen David Adom.
Magen David Adom is made up of “selfless, generous, heroic brave people who literally put their lives on the line to save others,” Emily Austin, emcee of an event for supporters in Philadelphia, told JNS.
Three Israelis were wounded lightly by a Hezbollah rocket in the Western Galilee, Israel’s national emergency service reported.
A rocket hit Kibbutz Sa’ar, injuring two construction workers, one seriously, while a woman was lightly wounded by an impact in the Bedouin village of Bir al-Maksur.
“Now, I’m shifting focus to another front of our enemy’s strategy—strengthening Israel’s home front,” former Israeli U.N. envoy Gilad Erdan told JNS of his new role at Magen David Adom.
Magen David Adom will use the cars in communities attacked on Oct. 7
Magen David Adom is “the backbone of Israel’s resilience,” said Israel’s former U.N. ambassador Gilad Erdan, who will serve as the emergency service’s global president.
The officers were named as Chief Inspector Arik Ben Eliyahu, Command Sgt. Maj. Hadas Branch and 1st Sgt. Roni Shakuri.
Israel’s Health Minister Uriel Buso has held a series of emergency assessments with hospital directors and health officials amid spiraling regional tensions.