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Moshe Vaknin has taken thousands of Gazans to Israel hospitals.
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Unsung Israeli hero risks his life to save Gaza children
By Karin Kloosterman, Israel21c
Tags: Israel News, Gaza, Hamas, IDF

With mortars, rockets and bullets flying, Moshe "Moshon" Vaknin, the deputy director for the south district at Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency service, risked his life to bring a Palestinian child out of Gaza and take him to an Israeli hospital for life-saving treatment.

Since then, he's brought out two more wounded Palestinian children for treatment in Israeli hospitals, and last week, was one of a team of medics who drove in to the checkpoint, the most dangerous in Israel and possibly the Middle East, in a special bulletproof ambulance to rescue Palestinian truck drivers, hired by the United Nations, and attacked while delivering humanitarian aid.

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  1.   "Unsung Israeli Hero" does what Gazan medics do every day 17:52  |  Natallie Durson 15/01/09
  2.   Unsung Israeli hero risks his life to save Gaza children vs 18:36  |  To Natalie & her ilk 15/01/09
  3.   No. 1 - Gaza medics also transport bombs, guns and rockets. 18:52  |  Dan 15/01/09
  4.   #2 While ... 19:03  |  John 15/01/09
  5.   Why see something negative in something beautiful? 20:32  |  Bernd 15/01/09
  6.   Do Gaza medics really do that? 20:34  |  Michael Friedland 15/01/09
  7.   Pleasantly Surprised 20:58  |  Mark of Lewiston 15/01/09
  8.   1000`s or 2 03:53  |  alan 16/01/09
  9.   To #5 Here where you are wrong 04:26  |  Refugee 16/01/09
  10.   interesting 04:47  |  Wog 16/01/09
  11.   Gaza medics also `rescue` rocket launchers! 21:55  |  Dean Blake 24/03/09
  12.   Thousands or three? 02:51  |  Paddy 25/03/09
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