Rescuers Without Borders was established at the beginning of the second Intifada, in the year 2000. Brutal fatal terror events were taking place in Israel during this time.
Arieh Levi, an ambulance driver, was working in Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu’s office when one Sunday morning, two doctors arrived and told the Rabbi about a terrorist attack. A van full of Kiryat Arba school teachers had been attacked by terrorists on Friday. Two people were shot dead. The doctors were distressed. They had arrived on the scene, but were unequipped.
Arieh overheard these doctors tell the Rabbi that if they’d had the proper medical equipment, they could have saved the lives of the two teachers.
The rabbi was stunned and he asked Aryeh “Isn’t there a rescue organization in Yehuda and Shomron?” Aryeh said “No” and the rabbi instructed Aryeh to establish one.
With the rabbi’s blessing, Aryeh took upon himself the task of doing just that. Together with security officer Raanan Amran and Yitzhak Boanish z”l they created teams of rescuers in the yeshuvim and they established Hatzalah Yehudah & Shomron. Until year 2000 no first responders infrastructure existed in Judea and Samaria
Rescue Without Borders has developed emergency response services in Israel and worldwide since 2000.
We have achieved this by training volunteers and equipping them with advanced medical equipment and communication systems designed to deploy medical teams for initial emergency treatment until ambulances arrive and evacuate the injured. We have done this in Israel with 1,600 volunteers and in fourteen other countries.
Rescue Without Borders has set itself the noble goal of developing emergency response services in Israel and worldwide.
This is achieved by equipping as many volunteers as possible with advanced medical equipment and communication systems designed to deploy medical teams for initial emergency treatment until ambulances arrive and evacuate the injured.
Rescue Without Borders provides emergency response and specializes in areas characterized as high-risk zones, such as Judea and Samaria and the communities around Gaza. Our volunteers respond to over 230 calls a day on average, providing immediate and rapid response.
Under our aspiration to save more lives, we enhance immediate response through collaboration, whether in Israel or globally. We will be the first to arrive and save lives.
The organization’s volunteers have already responded to over 150,000 incidents including car accidents, routine home emergencies, and terrorist attacks.
Rescue Without Borders is one of the leading organizations in Israel and globally.
This is due to its extensive and long-term experience in high-conflict zones, which has led to unique and enhanced capabilities in providing emergency response. The organization has developed numerous partnerships with the IDF, local security forces, and together we conduct coordination drills between the medical teams operating in the field at all times.
Thanks to the vast experience acquired by the organization’s volunteers, numerous medical teams from around the world come to learn from the knowledge and experience of Rescue Without Borders in the field of emergency medicine.
