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An Israeli-American paramedic has laid bare the horror of what he witnessed on the front line of the Hamas terror attack - where three of his colleagues were slaughtered as they desperately tried to save people's lives.
Staten Island-born Ari Yonatan, 32, who now lives in Israel and works for Israel's national ambulance and rescue service Magen David Adom (MAD), responded within an hour of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel to help the wounded.
Yonatan, who was on his day off, said he heard the rockets overhead and called his dispatcher before rushing as close to the scene as he could get.
He said his dispatcher told him there were 'casualties, both dead and injured everywhere ... more than 300 that he needs us to respond to.'
Yonatan told DailyMail.com: 'There was chaos everywhere. It was like a horror movie. The wounded were coming from everywhere and dead people too.'
Staten Island-born Ari Yonatan, 32, a paramedic with Magen David Adom, Israel's national ambulance and rescue service
A field hospital where the wounded were treated before being transported to a hospital
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The army set up a field hospital to treat the injured, many near death. The victims were transported from various regions as the country was under attack.
Yonatan, along with his peers tried to stay safe as bombs and rockets were launched around them and terrorists infiltrated regions such as Kibbutz Be'eri, where more than 80 people were slaughtered, and Re'im, the site of the Supernova musical festival where nearly 300 were massacred.
'I treated people from the kibbutzm, my own city, neighboring cities, civilians, soldiers, police officers, and people who attended the music festival,' he said.
One of those critically injured was a 50-year-old man from Kibbutz Be-eri, whose wife and children had been murdered in front of him.
The father, who miraculously survived, was hiding in a safe room with his family when Hamas terrorists entered, shot his wife and children and set their house on fire.
'He had gunshot wounds, loss of blood, shrapnel from the grenades, smoke inhalation. I was able to resuscitate him and keep him conscious before I transported him to the hospital,' Yonatan said.
He also treated two young girls, still dressed in their pajamas, who were burned after they were hit by a grenade. One still had a grenade in her night clothes.
'A lot of people we encountered throughout the day would have died if we weren't there to treat and transport them,' he said.
After working seven days straight, Yonatan said: 'I have to put a up a shield mentally. Turn myself into a robot because if you attach yourself emotionally to everything you can't function. It is more than our brain and our hearts are able to contain.'
An Israeli-American paramedic has laid bare the horror of what he witnessed on the front line of the Hamas terror attack - where three of his colleagues were slaughtered as they desperately tried to save people's lives.
Staten Island-born Ari Yonatan, 32, who now lives in Israel and works for Israel's national ambulance and rescue service Magen David Adom (MAD), responded within an hour of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel to help the wounded.
Yonatan, who was on his day off, said he heard the rockets overhead and called his dispatcher before rushing as close to the scene as he could get.
He said his dispatcher told him there were 'casualties, both dead and injured everywhere ... more than 300 that he needs us to respond to.'
Yonatan told DailyMail.com: 'There was chaos everywhere. It was like a horror movie. The wounded were coming from everywhere and dead people too.'
Staten Island-born Ari Yonatan, 32, a paramedic with Magen David Adom, Israel's national ambulance and rescue service
A field hospital where the wounded were treated before being transported to a hospital
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The army set up a field hospital to treat the injured, many near death. The victims were transported from various regions as the country was under attack.
Yonatan, along with his peers tried to stay safe as bombs and rockets were launched around them and terrorists infiltrated regions such as Kibbutz Be'eri, where more than 80 people were slaughtered, and Re'im, the site of the Supernova musical festival where nearly 300 were massacred.
'I treated people from the kibbutzm, my own city, neighboring cities, civilians, soldiers, police officers, and people who attended the music festival,' he said.
One of those critically injured was a 50-year-old man from Kibbutz Be-eri, whose wife and children had been murdered in front of him.
The father, who miraculously survived, was hiding in a safe room with his family when Hamas terrorists entered, shot his wife and children and set their house on fire.
'He had gunshot wounds, loss of blood, shrapnel from the grenades, smoke inhalation. I was able to resuscitate him and keep him conscious before I transported him to the hospital,' Yonatan said.
He also treated two young girls, still dressed in their pajamas, who were burned after they were hit by a grenade. One still had a grenade in her night clothes.
'A lot of people we encountered throughout the day would have died if we weren't there to treat and transport them,' he said.
After working seven days straight, Yonatan said: 'I have to put a up a shield mentally. Turn myself into a robot because if you attach yourself emotionally to everything you can't function. It is more than our brain and our hearts are able to contain.'
