New Agreement Between IDF and U.S. Air Force Will Help Save Lives
An agreement signed Wednesday (Feb. 5) between the IDF Medical Corps and the American Air Force Medical Department will enable both sides to work more closely together, sharing and developing techniques and technologies that will save lives on the battlefield and during humanitarian rescue missions. At the conclusion of U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Dr.) Thomas […]
IDF Aid Missions Save Thousands Around the World
Over the last 28 years, the IDF has been sent on over 16 aid missions to countries struck by natural disasters. Immediately upon arriving to these countries IDF doctors set up field hospitals. Their latest mission: a field hospital to treat injured Syrian refugees on the Israeli-Syrian border. Watch the incredible humanitarian work of the […]
Rare Look at the IDF Field Hospital Saving Syrian Civilian Lives (Photos)
For the last three years, the civil war raging in Syria has thrown the country and its citizens in turmoil. According to the United Nations, at least 100,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting between the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian rebels attempting to overthrow Assad’s government. Israel has kept a […]
BIN Exclusive: “Save One Life, Save a World”: Interview with Dr. Ofer Merin, Chief of the IDF Field Hospital Unit (Video)
When you hear on the news of Israel sending medical rescue delegations to disaster zones, the man in charge is Dr. Ofer Merin. Dr. Merin, commander of the IDF Field Hospital Unit, has led medical rescue teams recently to Haiti, Japan, and the Philippines. A cardiothoracic surgeon by training, head of the trauma unit at […]
