A Christian Hero in Israel

Dear Friend,

A Christian Israeli police officer was killed while thwarting a recent terror attack near Tel Aviv.

Officer Amir Khoury, 32, was described as a "hero" by hundreds of mourners who paid their respects at his funeral. His fellow officers carried his coffin, draped in an Israeli flag, to his final resting place inside his hometown's military cemetery. His fiancée and his father, a former police officer, were among those who offered eulogies.

Amir and another officer engaged a terrorist gunman during an attack in the city of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, when Amir was mortally wounded. Israeli officials say his action prevented many more deaths.

The attack that killed Amir was part of a wave of terrorism that swept across Israel in recent weeks, claiming lives across the country and wounding many.

One of MAGEN DAVID ADOM's own was nearly shot at close range when responding to one of the attacks.

The men and women of MAGEN DAVID ADOM are always among the first to arrive at the scene of every terror attack in Israel, doing everything they can to save as many lives as possible.

What prompts acts of selfless heroism? Often it is simply a heart that wants to save others. Will you stand with them today?

Please give to provide these ordinary people with the resources they need to rise to extraordinary occasions. They see things no one should see. They experience things no one should ever have to. And they do it with courage.

But courage is not enough, they also need your help. Please give to provide them with the medical supplies they must have!

MAGEN DAVID ADOM, Israel's national Red Cross society, provides emergency medical care and ambulance services for victims of terror, natural disasters, automobile accidents, and other emergencies in Israel. It is also responsible for 97% of Israel's national blood supply. MAGEN DAVID ADOM is saving lives in Israel every day.