Over the weekend over 1,000 people in Israel have been murdered and several thousands injured.

From 06:30 Israeli time on Saterday morning , MDA teams have been, and remain, on their highest level of alert with all vehicles manned with medics and equipped to treat the injured. Huge queues have been seen at blood drives across cities and towns in Israel, as Israeli citizens donated over 4,000 units of blood which are now being processed and prepared for use in Israel’s hospitals. If you are in Israel and can give blood, please click here to see details of where the MDA blood drives are taking place.

Amongst the outpouring of support from across the community, many may be feeling helpless in the UK. Unfortunately we cannot donate blood from here, but we can provide the much needed medical supplies. As well as the need for more lifesaving vehicles, MDA is in urgent need to purchase more:

Blood bags

Blood testing kits

Life-saving medication

Breathing equipment

Hemostatic bandages

Tourniquets

Oxygen devices and masks

Protective equipment such as helmets and flak jackets

Automatic resuscitators

It is vital that we are able to get this equipment quickly to the teams working on the ground. Please do help by donating generously to our campaign, and keep MDA running at full capacity 24/7 throughout this time.

We are all thinking of and praying for the safety of our lifesavers and all the people of Israel, and praying for peace to prevail soon. Sadly, at the time of writing, I have learnt of an MDA UK ambulance, a lifesaving vehicle, which has been destroyed in Kibbutz Nir Oz.

The support from the community has been incredible to date but with your help, MDA can save more lives.

None of this would be possible without the support of our community here in the UK. Your donations have quite literally saved lives – and the need will continue to grow. If you would like to support the work of Magen David Adom at this time, please click on the link below:

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To follow the work of Magen David Adom at this time, please click here: mdauk.org