MDA paramedic Zvi Tiber: “We fought tooth and nail to save each casualty”.
Magen David Adom said it had not received reports of hits or shrapnel falling.
Dispatch teams gave life-saving medical treatment advice over the phone to hotline callers.
Israeli emergency responders use backup communication systems to stay operational during power outages and blackouts, expert Meir Mastey says.
The police officer, who was wounded at the Nova music festival, begged me: “Save me, I have kids,” says Dr Shafir Botner.
Seeing her smiling and walking on two feet was very moving,” says Yarin Shitrit.
“What I saw changed me and will stay with me forever,” says Lior Levi.
An additional 26-year-old man was rescued from the pit in moderate condition and was transferred to the the Shamir Medical Center for further medical care, MDA noted.
MDA paramedic David Fahima and senior EMT Aviad Amar said the man "was fully conscious and suffered shrapnel wounds to his body."
The Tel Aviv MDA team that came to to the rescue in the south on the day of the attack.