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Volunteers of United (Ichud) Hatzalah took part in a simulated rocket attack training exercise in a yard of the Yesodei Hatorah School in Sderot. The event was held on Monday evening 8 Iyar at the end of a training course for new EMTs from Sderot and Beersheva.

Fifty new EMTs took part in the drill to better prepare them for a possible future scenario chas v’sholom. United Hatzalah (UH) responders worked with IDF Medical Corps personnel.

The event was culminated with a graduation ceremony for the fifty attended by UH President Eli Beer, Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi, UH Executive Director Ze’ev Kashash, UJ CEO Moshe Teitelbaum and other officials from the organization and local rabbonim.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Ephraim Greenwald)