Three years after Oct. 7 massacre, MDA remembers murdered medics who saved lives

Magen David Adom mourned its first responders who were murdered during the October 7 massacre earlier this week to mark three years since Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel and murdered over 1,200 Israelis.According to MDA, 20 members of the emergency services were murdered during the massacre, including seven who were murdered while treating the wounded under fire.Three MDA personnel were abducted into the Gaza Strip. Among them were volunteer Emergency Medical Technicians Ronen Engel from Kibbutz Nir Oz and Lior Rudaeff from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, whose remains were returned to Israel for burial in October and November 2025, respectively.MDA said that its ambulances and motorcycles were targeted by terrorists, with 18 ambulances damaged during October 7 and the following days, including eight that were completely destroyed."Tragically, some of those who answered the call to save lives never returned home, losing their own lives in the line of duty," MDA Director-General Eli…