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In an interview with YNET News, marking PTSD Awareness Month, Amit Steinhart, PTSD-disabled veteran, tells about how he copes with the challenges of the invisible injury that changed his life: […]
70 to Israel
Noam Gershoni was an Appache pilot
severely wounded in the Second Lebanon War,
a World Champion in Wheelchair Tennis from the 2012 London Paralympic Games,
will be one of the 14 torch lighters at the Mt. Herzl 70th Independence Day Anniversary ceremony.
70 to Israel
Israel Cohen was a regimental commander in the Fifth Brigade when he said goodbye to his family and went to war. His heroic story represents the story of our nation.
Pessach, is celebrated to mark the liberation of Bnei Israel.
In fact, it represents the birth of the Jewish nation.
Pessach has several names, each represent it’s true spirit:
Feast of the Matzot, Feast of the Spring and Feast of Freedom.
International Women’s Day 2018! Delivery pain was nothing compared to the pain in her leg, Her baby daughter and she learned to walk together, She is a triathlete and a […]
International Women’s Day 2018!
Maytal was critically wounded when a suicide bomber blew up in Tel Aviv. Her body was burned and mangled, she lost her leg, but found the courage to regain her life!
During Operation Pillar of Defense, Yehuda Perci was serving in the IDF Givati Brigade. He was wounded by a missile and lost his eyesight. However, Yehuda continues to live his life as an ordinary person thanks to the help from the Zahal (IDF) Disabled Veterans Organization (ZDVO).
Yiftach was sent with his tank to rescue 11 wounded fighters from their tank in Egyptian territory.
Yoel Sharon a Paratroopers reserves officer, was studying film in London when the 1973 Yom Kippur War broke out. He flew back home to fight in the war, was wounded in the Sinai and remained a paraplegic. He became a staunch advocate of sports for disabled.
When I stepped into the office of Danny Layani, Assistant to the Chairman of the Jerusalem District of the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization, he was sitting across from his computer working energetically. “Hold on! You’ve gotta be kidding me”, I said without introducing myself. “I was told I was coming to interview a blind fellow”.
During Operation Protective Edge he lost his leg, but Ron Halevi (21 yrs.) from Kibbutz Gesher in the north doesn’t give up* After a long and difficult rehabilitation process he went back to Kayaking and will soon be taking part in the World Championship for Disabled in Italy* “I live a normal life and don’t think about my injury”
In these very moments, Ofer can be found in the middle of a jeep tour in South Africa, together with two of his best friends from the army. Sounds pretty ordinary, doesn’t it? Ofer was declared to be paralyzed 100+ percent from the waist down after being injured while protecting his teammates in Nablus in July 2004.
It was a tense, highly stress-filled afternoon. Izzy Ezagui and his seven buddies in the Haruv Kfir unit of the Israel Defense Forces, were in a tent by the Gaza border this past January, during Operation Cast Lead — the War in Gaza.
When the Second Intifada broke out, Matan’s unit was sent to the Gaza Strip. There he encountered areas filled with explosive devices and booby traps. One of those devices went off, wounding him severely and killing three of his friends.