Ilan Klein's job is hard - but his country is strong. That was the message the Magen David Adom paramedic gave in the wake of the terror attacks in Israel.

Mr Klein, who has worked with Israel's leading emergency service for 20 years, last week treated nine victims of stabbings in Jerusalem - as well as one terrorist who had carried out an attack.

He said: "I treated one female terrorist in the Old City. When I was treating her, she was quiet. She let me treat her.

"We have to try to separate the situation, and understand that we need to treat people who need it. Afterwards, it's very hard. I know she tried to kill a Jew - but in that situation, you have to treat her like anyone else."

Mr Klein also treated an Israeli policeman and male civilian as well as other victims.

He recalled: "I saved a life last week because I stopped the bleeding. I put pressure on the back of a man's neck, where he was stabbed by a terrorist. He's now going to be okay.

"It's hard because you know it could have been you. In one incident, I was at the scene 10 minutes before the attack took place.

"But you understand that you are part of a war. You understand that you need to do your best to save a life, because every life you save is a victory.

"People around the victims of the stabbings also panic. There were a lot of children crying near the scene, and my colleagues and I went to talk to them, treat them and help them."

Mr Klein, who spoke to MDA UK supporters in London this week, was also part of the response team to the attack on the Henkin family a fortnight ago.

"I can sleep at night, because it's part of our work. There are times where we need to talk about what we have seen, but now we sleep, and we sleep well because we work hard," he said.

Mr Klein, who lives near Jerusalem, added: "I want JC readers to know that we are strong. We are in Israel, we are the Jewish people and we are strong enough."

Meanwhile, British supporters of the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre saw first-hand how their donations had helped save the life of a 25-year-old man who was stabbed by a terrorist.

During a tour of the Jerusalem hospital last Thursday, British trustees who were dedicating the Vivienne Wohl Department of Paediatric Surgery were told that a victim was being treated at the Maurice Wohl Surgical Complex nearby.

Hours later, the centre's director general told attendees that the victim was recovering due to "the level of equipment, building, and computerising of the complex" they had helped provide.