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Source: https://www.jpost.com/mdaheroes/article-826899
Magen David Adom Emergency Services Providers Recall Oct. 7
(Jerusalem Post) On Oct. 7, 2023, Magen David Adom emergency services paramedic and regional supervisor Anis Abu Dabes worked a double shift , together with ambulance driver EMT Amin Almalat and paramedic trainee Ro'i Bar-Or, at the MDA station in Rahat, Israel's largest Bedouin community. Their shift was almost over when the sirens sounded. They were more intense and lasted longer than usual. Anis recalled: "A short while later, a minibus arrived at the entrance to the MDA station, and we immediately saw that it was covered in bullet holes and that its windows were shattered. We boarded the bus and started treating the wounded. We soon found out that these were residents of Rahat and that the bus, which was taking them to work in the Gaza Envelope, had come under terrorist fire." "We suddenly heard the voice of our colleague and friend, Dani Shtarkman, the Ofakim MDA station manager, over the internal radio. He reported that they had been caught in an ambush, that their ambulance had been fired upon, and one of their team members was hurt. These were MDA staffers, our friends, who had put on the same uniform as us and had gone out with their ambulance to save lives." The team was sent to the Ofakim area. "We reached some people who were severely wounded and began providing life-saving treatment, applying tourniquets and so on - and then a siren sounded. There was a massive explosion. A rocket had fallen just a few meters away from us. And then another siren and more shooting. It was a warzone, and we were treating patients under fire."