Magen David Adom mourns the death of IDF fighter and organization volunteer Sergeant Dolev Haim Malka Z”L (19), who fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip where he was a fighter in the Nachshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade. His funeral was held yesterday (Sunday) in the military section of the Shlomi cemetery, where he lived. He leaves his parents, a brother and a sister
Dolev began his training in MDA as a first aid provider in 2018 when he was a teenager, and since then he has saved many lives during his ambulance and MICU shifts in the north of Israel and has contributed a lot to the community as part of humanitarian activities.
Nir Dei, head of volunteers at the MDA station in Shlomi: “I met Dolev about 6 years ago when he came to us at the MDA station in Shlomi as a 14-year-old boy and was a trainee in the first aid course. He was a talented and professional volunteer, with thousands of volunteering hours and a lot of experience – which helped him save many lives. He also helped in distributing food on holidays and helping the elderly; he was an overall kind-hearted person. He was smiling and charismatic. May his memory be blessed.”
MDA volunteers and his friends at the station, Nitay Dahan, Omer Ocampo, Roy Harfuf, and Shalev Butbul: “We met Dolev at the age of 15 at the MDA station in Shlomi, and we quickly bonded. For five years, we were inseparable – we were together on shifts, at school, and in our free time. We became a family. Now there are four of us, missing and broken. Dolev just wanted to give of himself and help people. He was just someone who only wanted to do good in the world and be happy. A man of joy, family, and friends. We love him and will not forget him.”