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August 3, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Saving-Lives-In-Volatile-Territory-The-IDFs-Medical-Services-Unit-In-Judea-and-Samaria-564087

The IDF's Emergency Medical Services Unit in the West Bank

(Media Line-Jerusalem Post) Charles Bybelezer - Lt.-Col. Dr. Ido Dachtman's job is to provide emergency medical treatment to both Israelis and Palestinians alike in the West Bank. "We are on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If there is a civilian with a heart attack, if there's a terror attack, we are always in a state of readiness." Dachtman oversees 100 personnel spread over six regional brigades, each one located in the vicinity of a major Palestinian city. So far this year, some 2,000 people - half of them Palestinian - have been treated by the Israeli army.

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