About

About

Mission

We are a community-based volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization committed to providing the fastest response to medical emergencies across Israel even prior to the arrival of ambulances and completely free of charge.

Volunteers

United Hatzalah’s strength is in its 8,000 selfless volunteers. These include emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, and doctors, who are on call 24/7/365 – even on Yom Kippur!

Frequently Asked Questions

Want to learn more about our mission? Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about who we are and what we do.

Team

Meet the team dedicated to propelling United Hatzalah’s mission forward.

How it works

By combining a network of more than 8,000 volunteers, with the most advanced technology, and a fleet of emergency medical vehicles, we are able to respond to more than 2,000 medical emergencies per day in an average response time of less than three minutes, and in major cities, often less than 90 seconds. Want to know how, click here.

International Board

Meet the leaders from across the globe who help make our lifesaving work possible and form our International Board.

Partners

United Hatzalah is proud to partner on our lifesaving mission with the following organizations and partners who help make our mission possible.

Contact us

We are always happy to hear feedback or be in contact. Please write to us here and someone will get back to you soon.

Jobs

Looking for a career with impact? Want to save lives in Israel? Discover new career opportunities with meaning right here.
Programs

OUR PROGRAMS

The Adele & Joel Sandberg Women’s Initiative

Training and empowering women from diverse backgrounds across Israel to volunteer as emergency medical responders.

The Weisz Family IMAH Initiative

Provides widows across Israel with job training, certification, and placement in emergency medicine roles.

Family Safety Program

Helping caregivers be prepared to act swiftly and competently in the event of a medical crisis.

Families First

Providing the spouses of EMS volunteers with a social network.

NREMT Program

Provides students who are studying in Israel an opportunity to train as EMTs and gain lifesaving skills with international certification.

Hospital Emergency Room Project

Working in ERs to help reduce long delays to patient treatment.

Corporate Social Responsibility Project

Enabling major corporations, organizations, and communities to offer training courses to its employees or constituents.

NCSY Hatzalah Rescue

We joined with NCSY to offer unaffiliated Jewish high school students from the Diaspora the summer of a lifetime

Psychotrauma & Crisis Response Unit (PCRU)

Emotional injuries, just like physical injuries, cannot be left untreated.

Ten Kavod

Helping the aging seniors by having trained medical responders visit to help them maintain their health and alleviate their sense of loneliness.

United Hatzalah Young Leadership

United Hatzalah Young Leadership (UHYL) is a dynamic global community of young leaders dedicated to United Hatzalah’s mission of saving lives in Israel.

International Missions

United Hatzalah sends rescue missions around the world. Our volunteers willingly get involved.
Ways To Give

WAYS TO GIVE

Become a volunteer

Join one of our 95 branches throughout Israel and make a lifesaving impact.

Legacy

Shape your legacy and join us in ensuring United Hatzalah is here to serve all the people of Israel for generations to come.

Leight Legacy Heroes

Kids and teens — become a hero! Set up your fundraising campaign to raise money for life-saving equipment.

eCards

Let someone know you’re thinking of them. Send a United Hatzalah eCard and contribute to saving lives.

Sponsor a Day of Lifesaving!

Honor a loved one or mark a special occasion by sponsoring a Day of Lifesaving, enabling thousands of lifesaving responses across Israel, and receive a detailed call log of all the calls that day.

Smart Giving

Sign up for Igul Letova (“Round-up”) and every time you charge your credit card, the amount will be rounded up to the nearest shekel, and your remaining agurot will go toward supporting United Hatzalah.

Monthly Lifesavers

Become a Monthly Lifesaver. Monthly lifesavers, supply United Hatzalah with the necessary resources to save lives every single month through ongoing monthly gifts.
MyMitzvah

MY MITZVAH

How it works

With United Hatzalah’s MyMitzvah crowdfunding platform, create a fundraising campaign in seconds and share it with family and friends to help raise funds for a cause you care about.

All Campaigns

Our campaigners make a difference. See all of the campaigns that are saving lives.

Create a Campaign

Ready to get started? Create your lifesaving campaign now.

My Campaigns

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My Campaigns

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FEATURED

United Hatzalah Ishay Ribo Deal Event

UHYL Safety & Social

Tel Aviv Party – Karen’s Birthday

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What’s New

WHAT’S NEW

News & Media

Keep up with the latest lifesaving activities of our volunteers as they make headlines in the news and learn about all the ways we make a better tomorrow, today.

Videos

What better way to share United Hatzalah’s stories than by video? Check out some of our highlight videos here of click and learn more about the important work that we do.

Podcasts

Listen and learn anywhere you are – in the car, on the go, or at the gym. Check out some of our stories and real life rescues directly from our volunteers and get inspired.

Photo Gallery

A picture is worth a thousand words. Check out our photo gallery to see for yourselves the many rescues and events that our volunteers are involved with throughout the year.

Stories from the field

Want to get a bit closer to the action? Follow these real stories from our volunteers on the ground to get a better feel for what they do, what they give up, and who they save, each and every day.

Blog

Blog

FEATURED stories

July 1, 2025

Prime Minister Netanyahu Inaugurates United Hatzalah’s New National Logistics Center

June 30, 2025

From Gaza to Home Front: United Hatzalah Medic’s Response to Be’er Sheva Strike

June 11, 2025

United Hatzalah EMT Delivers Two Babies and Saves a Life in a Single Evening

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Israel

United Hatzalah of Israel
78 Yirmiyahu Street
P.O.B 36233 Jerusalem 91361
Tel: +972-2-5002020
Fax: +972-2-5002025
Charity No: 580465979
israeloffice@israelrescue.org

USA

For check donations please mail to PO Box 24666 New York, NY 10087
Friends of United Hatzalah
442 5th Ave, Suite 1866
New York, NY 10018
Tel: 646-833-7108
Fax: 1-845-766-6039
Charity No: 11-3533002
office@israelrescue.org
Privacy Policy

UK

British Friends
of United Hatzalah Israel
Suite 12 – The Brentano Suite
First Floor, Lyttelton House
2 Lyttelton Road, London, N2 0EF
Office: 020 3823 4650
Charity No. 1101329
UK@israelrescue.org
Privacy Policy

France

United Hatzalah France
259 rue Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
T (FR): +33 1 86 98 53 49
T (IL): +972 54 674 3209
Association no. W751225617
samuela@hatzalah.fr

Canada

United Hatzalah Canada
Suite #693
3093 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario
M6A 0A3
Canada
T: (647) 533 4497

Charity ID 83825 5180 RR0001
Canada@israelrescue.org

Australia

Australian Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel
PO Box 70053093
Glen Iris, Victoria 3146
T: +61456812859

ABN 79 595 289 716
darya@israelrescue.org

Switzerland

United Hatzalah Switzerland
Rue des Battoirs 7
1205 Genève
T: +61456812859

Charity No: CHE-278.177.157
switzerland@israelrescue.org

Israel

United Hatzalah of Israel
78 Yirmiyahu Street
P.O.B 36233 Jerusalem 91361
Tel: +972-2-5002020
Fax: +972-2-5002025
Charity No: 580465979
israeloffice@israelrescue.org

USA

For check donations please mail to PO Box 24666 New York, NY 10087
Friends of United Hatzalah
442 5th Ave, Suite 1866
New York, NY 10018
Tel: 646-833-7108
Fax: 1-845-766-6039
Charity No: 11-3533002
office@israelrescue.org
Privacy Policy

UK

British Friends
of United Hatzalah Israel
Suite 12 – The Brentano Suite
First Floor, Lyttelton House
2 Lyttelton Road, London, N2 0EF
Office: 020 3823 4650
Charity No. 1101329
UK@israelrescue.org
Privacy Policy

France

United Hatzalah France
259 rue Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
T (FR): +33 1 86 98 53 49
T (IL): +972 54 674 3209
Association no. W751225617
samuela@hatzalah.fr

Canada

United Hatzalah Canada
Suite #693
3093 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario
M6A 0A3
Canada
T: (647) 533 4497
Charity ID 83825 5180 RR0001
Canada@israelrescue.org

Australia

Australian Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel
PO Box 70053093
Glen Iris, Victoria 3146
T: +61456812859
ABN 79 595 289 716
darya@israelrescue.org

Switzerland

United Hatzalah Switzerland
Rue des Battoirs 7
1205 Genève
Charity No: CHE-278.177.157
switzerland@israelrescue.org

United Hatzalah’s latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from our organization directly at Friends of United Hatzalah, 442 5th Ave, Suite 1866, New York, NY 10018 or from the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau at Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10005.

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