Israel’s National Emergency Medical Service is preparing for a response from Hezbollah following the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) targeted killing of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr in Beirut.
The IDF’s attack on Tuesday came in retaliation for rocket attacks over the weekend. 12 Israeli children killed Young people play on a soccer field in Majdal Shams, a predominantly Druze town in Israel’s Golan Heights.
Despite confirmation by the Israel Defense Forces and the United States, Hezbollah only confirmed his death on Wednesday, the same day that Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh met a similar fate.
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Israeli security forces and medics evacuate wounded alongside local residents at the site of an alleged attack from Lebanon in the Israeli village of Majdal Shams on July 27, 2024. (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Paramedic Arie Myers said, Magen David Adam Emergency medical services are on high alert and are ready to send ambulances and volunteers in case of further attacks, a spokesman for the Medical Development Authority (MDA) said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
“We are clearly on high alert again tonight because of the events that are taking place in Lebanon,” he said after Shukr’s assassination on Tuesday.
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“We are always prepared for a mass casualty event, a mass casualty event, whether it’s a terrorist attack, war, earthquake, whatever.”
Myers said: October 7: Hamas-led terrorist attack A new project has been launched to provide training to civilians to provide first medical response in emergencies in southern Israel, where more than 1,200 people have been killed and more than 250 taken hostage, Israeli officials said.
An off-duty soldier waits to donate blood at the Magen David Adam mobile blood donation vehicle in Jerusalem on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
The Magen project stands for defense and protection and aims to engage members of the community who can respond quickly to rapidly changing events.
“Throughout the war, we had guys who came to basic training with us to learn basic life-saving skills like how to stop bleeding, how to perform CPR,” Myers told Fox News Digital.
The aftermath of a Hezbollah rocket attack on the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shemona on May 10, 2024. (Photo by Erez Bar-Simon/TPS-IL)
“So if something happens nearby, they are able to respond, and they will with the equipment and training that we provide them. We trained them“Using all kinds of vehicles – the ones we provided, ambulances and emergency response vehicles – we can get to the scene as quickly as possible and start treating the injured even before the ambulance arrives.”
An ambulance from Magen David Adam, Israel’s national emergency medical service. (Credit: Magen David Adam)
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Myers said the MDA has about 33,000 volunteers and ensures emergency vehicles are on standby 24/7.
Since October 7, the community Strengthened preparations In preparation for future attacks, doctors, nurses and paramedics are seeking additional levels of training to deal with trauma patients.
Israel also just completed a three-day national drill to prepare for a possible total blackout.
Volunteers undergo training at Magen David Adam.
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While emergency services take longer to respond, an increasing number of communities have civilians with some medical knowledge who can provide initial treatment.
“We want to make sure we have teams, local teams, across the country that are ready to respond when issues arise,” Myers said.
