9 flown to hospital — or 6?
The organization told the State Comptroller its helicopters carried 6 wounded, plus 2 moved between hospitals.
October 7
What was said about that day, next to the official records.
Days since the RJC remarks, with no correction on record
1,091 days 17 hours 10 minutes
Counted from Oct 28, 2023, the date of the Republican Jewish Coalition speech. The exact time of the speech is not confirmed, so we count from the start of that day, Eastern Time. Last search for a correction or apology: Oct 23, 2026 (news searches and our saved records of his posts and the organization’s pages). See the remarks and the record →
On October 7, 2023, southern Israel was attacked; many people were murdered and many more were wounded. Volunteers and crews from many rescue organizations risked their lives that day. We honor them and the victims. This section is about what the organization later said in public about that day, next to the records — questions about organizational claims, not about any volunteer.
October 7: “no one else but the army and United Hatzalah”
The State Comptroller reports MDA had about 300 ambulances in the area and evacuated about 525 wounded, 84 in bullet-proof ambulances, plus 21 by helicopter.
12,000 people treated — or 12,000 calls?
The organization’s own October 7 page says 12,000 emergency calls.
1,250 taken to hospitals — or about 100?
The organization told the State Comptroller its ambulances took about 100 wounded to hospitals that day, and its helicopters 6.
Book trailer: who went in to get the twin babies?
The group’s own medics said soldiers carried the babies out to them at the gate.
“The only medical group that went into the fire zone”?
The State Comptroller reports MDA evacuated about 525 wounded, 84 in armored ambulances, and lost a paramedic who was treating the wounded.
“I saw in my own eyes”: the October 7 remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalition
He has also said a volunteer told him about the oven case.
On CNN: inside with Special Forces, or at the gate?
The volunteer himself told a news site he waited outside the gate and soldiers brought the babies to him.