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	Israel: NBC News in Awe of Israeli Medics in Philippines
	Mactan: I’ve Always Been Fascinated by how well the Israeli defense Force, otherwise known as the IDF, delivers emergency response medical care in extremely poor conditions. My first experience with the IDF was in Haiti after the devastation of the earthquake there. They were remarkable then, triaging and treating patients in the midst of the devastation. I wondered if they had found their way here -- so we set off to find them. And when we did, it was in a place we least expected The IDF had selected Bogo, a small village on the northern island of Mactan, to establish its emergency response center. Bogo had been hard hit by the devast
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	Israel: Magen David Adom EMS Preparing for Snow
	The Magen David Adom emergency medical service is preparing for impending snow, rain and heavy winds Thursday and Friday (December 12-13). Extra workers and back-up volunteers are on duty for any possible emergency. Last year's snowfall brought both smiles and playfulness as well as downed trees and some damaged cars and buildings. By the next day virtually all the snow had melted.
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	Israel: Israeli, Palestinian Officials to Coordinate Civilian Emergency Responses
	Israeli and Palestinian officials held a meeting in Hebron this week, the first of its kind, to improve joint coordination in responding to civilian emergencies such as fires and accidents, and to figure out ways to protect the local environment together. The understandings reached by the participants found expression already on December 12 Thursday, when 2 Palestinian bulldozers joined Israeli bulldozers in clearing routes 36 and 60 after a heavy snow storm blocked the 2 roads that serve Palestinian and Israeli drivers.
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	Israel: IDF Introduces New Fully Equipped Field Hospital to Serve During Emergencies
	A series of 26 tents at the Ben Ami Army Base in central Israel contain the makings of a new military field hospital recently purchased by the IDF. It will be the first field hospital in Israel to serve soldiers and civilians during emergencies, the IDF said. The hospital is being operated by the IDF's Technology and Logistics unit. The purchase of the hospital's components was authorized after research undertaken by the unit, led by General Koby Barak. The hospital, said Professor Yitzchak Kreiss, the IDF's top medical officer, "will replace or enhance existing medical facilities, to ensure proper field treatment in the event of a major ca
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	Israel: Palestinian Residents form Emergency Response Team
	Although it is hidden away from the view of most the city’s residents by a separation barrier, the Shuafat refugee camp is officially part of Jerusalem. Therefore, like every other neighbourhood in Jerusalem, Shuafat’s residents (who pay municipal taxes) depend on the city for their infrastructure and sanitation services. Three months ago, several young residents of Shuafat decided to take initiative and start an emergency response team (which they named “Taqam Taware’ Assalam,” or Emergency Peace Team) in order to fill in for the lacking infrastructural services. They began training in first
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Israel: NBC News in Awe of Israeli Medics in Philippines

Israel: Magen David Adom EMS Preparing for Snow

Israel: Israeli, Palestinian Officials to Coordinate Civilian Emergency Responses

Israel: IDF Introduces New Fully Equipped Field Hospital to Serve During Emergencies

Israel: Palestinian Residents form Emergency Response Team

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