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This year, amidst the ongoing "Iron Swords War," Magen David Adom (MDA) was on high alert to treat those injured during New Year's Eve celebrations. MDA EMTs and paramedics provided medical assistance to hundreds of people throughout the night, including

25 people injured in road accidents, among them: a 67-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle near Ashdod, whose death was pronounced after resuscitation efforts by MDA teams, 2 moderately injured, and 22 lightly injured.

8 people injured in violent incidents, including a 36-year-old man seriously injured with a penetrating wound in Migdal HaEmek, a 50-year-old woman moderately injured with a head injury in Tel Aviv, and 6 others mildly injured.

Approximately 50 teenagers and adults affected by alcohol consumption, including a 43-year-old woman who was pronounced dead following resuscitation efforts by MDA teams at her home in the Western Galilee.

Throughout the first night of the new year, 15 women in labor were evacuated to various hospitals across the country by MDA ambulances and mobile intensive care units. The first MDA baby of 2025 was born at 3:41 AM in Beit Shemesh.

MDA Director General Eli Bin: "As every year, MDA volunteers and staff were deployed across the country, providing life-saving medical care to those celebrating New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, even at the start of the new year, our teams were called to respond to tragic incidents of road accidents and cases involving alcohol-related harm. I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and safe new year."