Rescue mission

Former hostages return to Entebbe, confronting memory, trauma and history

“To be abducted in Athens on an Air France plane makes sense,” Gonen said. “But to be abducted at home, in the State of Israel, it was too much.”

 PASSENGERS RESCUED in the Entebbe raid are welcomed home by loved ones at Ben-Gurion Airport in July 1976.
Israeli volunteers help with rescue efforts in Venezuela following the recent twin earthquakes in the country.

Israeli aid delegations continue rescue operations in Venezuela after devastating earthquakes

DORON ALMOG HAS served as chairman of The Jewish Agency since 2022.

Life story that goes beyond Entebbe: 'I swore near his burnt tank to never leave a soldier behind'

People look at burned-down buildings after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 30, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Silence in the rubble: Inside the desperate race for Venezuela earthquake survivors


Elite Israeli soldier rescues tree owl from Kfar Aza wreckage

Hefer pointed out how, as the Reconnaissance Brigade’s emblem is an owl, it was fitting that he should be the one to find and rescue the bird.

 Nahal Soldier rescues owl in Kfar Azza, October 2023

MDA medics recount being meters away from Hamas terrorists amid massacre

Recruiting reinforcement teams for Magen David Adom in the field.


Soldiers save Holocaust survivor from near death, for second time in his life

"Our mission was clear: thwart terrorist activities, rescue trapped civilians, and ensure the safety of Israeli residents."

Some of the area that required the IDF to rescue a stranded Holocaust survivor.

Israeli medical and military experts overseas desperate to contribute

Doctors and other professionals who have left Israel, imputable to the now halted Israeli judicial reform, are going all out in an effort to return and lend their support in the ongoing crisis.

 Illustrative image of an airplane.

Israeli hikers rescued after getting stranded on cliff in the south

A swift operation was then initiated, employing specialized equipment to ensure the safe retrieval of the stranded hikers.

 Israeli hikers stranded on a cliff in Southern Israel

Pope says impeding migrant rescues at sea is 'gesture of hate'

According to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, about 178,500 migrants have come to Europe in the year to date via the Mediterranean, while about 2,500 died or went missing on the way.

 Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 8, 2023.

Three men rescued from Kinneret by helicopter - video

Three men who were stranded on a jet ski in the Kinneret for several hours were rescued by a helicopter thanks to a joint effort of Israel Police and Magen David Adom.

 A helicopter hovers over the sea at night (Illustrative).

Frustration mounts with Morocco quake aid yet to reach some survivors; toll rises to 2,901

Rescuers from Spain, Britain and Qatar were helping Morocco's search teams, while Italy, Belgium, France and Germany said their offers of assistance had yet to be approved.

United Hatzalah's aid mission on the ground in Morocco.

Morocco rescuers race to find survivors as earthquake toll nears 2,500

The state news agency reported the death toll was now 2,497 with 2,476 people injured.

 A man gestures next to emergency workers on the rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 10, 2023.

One found dead in mined IDF area near Dead Sea - police

The deceased was reportedly a foreign national, and his death was pronounced at the scene.

 Police and Israeli security personnel respond to an incident in which six people were found in mined IDF territory, one of whom was found dead.