Reverend Franklin Graham of Samaritan’s Purse shocked Israel’s emergency providers system with a pledge to donate 20 extra ambulances on Thursday throughout a dedication ceremony of two armored ambulances.
The disclosing of the ambulances for Magen David Adom, the emergency providers system, was achieved within the reminiscence of three American-Israelis killed by Hamas; Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Roi Idan and Smadar Mor-Idan.
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“At the moment we’re in Israel to dedicate the 2 armored ambulances which have simply arrived, in addition to a brand new ambulance heart close to the Gaza border the place there has not been one earlier than,” mentioned Rev. Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse.
“The necessity is so nice, now we have simply dedicated to offering 20 extra armored ambulances. The MDA crew are heroes, saving lives each day, and it’s an honor to face with them,” Graham added.

Reverend Franklin Graham honors the reminiscence of an Israeli-American hostage throughout an ambulance unveiling on Thursday, September 19. (Samaritan’s Purse)
Counting Thursday’s pledge, Samaritan’s Purse has donated 42 ambulances to Israel for the reason that conflict with Hamas started on October 7, 2023.
“Franklin Graham, welcome to Israel. A real good friend of the state of Israel,” mentioned Gadi Yarkoni, mayor of the Eshkol Regional Council.
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Rev. Graham additionally laid the cornerstone in a ceremony for a brand new Magen David Adom (MDA) station in Avshalom, which borders Gaza. The Avshalom emergency station would lower wait occasions for Israeli paramedics to succeed in the scenes of emergencies alongside the Gaza border. MDA additionally companions with the Pink Cross to reply to disasters worldwide.
Samaritan’s Purse can be engaged on one other Magen David Adom station in Shlomi, on the northern border of Israel.
“We don’t know if we’re comfortable or unhappy. We stroll round between hope and despair. We’re ready for our folks to return,” mentioned Eli Bin, MDA’s director common in the course of the ceremony. “Mr. Graham, you might be actually probably the most vital folks to MDA, and probably the most vital folks to the state of Israel.”

Samaritan’s Purse pledged to donate 20 extra ambulances to Israel’s emergency providers system on Thursday. (Samaritan’s Purse)
“The constructing of the station is constructing a bridge between the terrible occasions that occurred and far more hopeful future right here,” added Bin.
Samaritan’s Purse donated 14 ambulances to MDA in January after Hamas forces destroyed rescue automobiles in Israel in the course of the October 2023 assault.
“The generosity of Reverend Franklin Graham and his group Samaritan’s Purse is aware of no bounds. As he devoted eight extra Magen David Adom armored ambulances and two new MDA stations, he leaned in and instructed me he would donate one other twenty, taking the entire quantity to forty-two life-saving automobiles. The complete folks of Israel are indebted to this nice man and group,” mentioned MDA director common Eli Bin.
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Samaritan’s Purse gives humanitarian support in additional than 100 international locations worldwide to “victims of conflict, illness, catastrophe, poverty, famine and persecution,” in accordance with their web site.