“I was conscious, I announced that there were others wounded, I did not feel the legs, I did not understand the situation because I did not feel them.”
“I was conscious, I announced that there were others wounded, I did not feel the legs, I did not understand the situation because I did not feel them.”
“At Beit Halochem, I found a sense of shared destiny, and true friendships are formed.”
“My whole life was suddenly turned upside down in a second – from a young, strong guy, a fighter soldier serving in one of the most elite combat units in the IDF, I became disabled.”
Today she is a successful lawyer who specializes in medical rights. Fifteen years ago, Linoy Olenik was the Battalion’s liaison officer in the Kfar Giladi disaster, and the woman who had to identify the victims of the disaster.
Dr. David Shashar was hit by a missile launched by Hezbollah during the Second Lebanon War. Today he is an entrepreneur of medical innovation, who carries with him everywhere the memory of his friends who were killed.
“I could, back then, 22 years ago, have given up. I was disabled, a scarred woman, and terrified of the new situation. But something within me simply went on…”
“When I joined the army, I took an oath. I swore to defend my country, no matter what, as well as my friends next to me. And, that is what I did.”
Alon believes from experience that “Without the army, we have no existence and without the Beit Halochem rehabilitation centers, we have no hope.”
“I understood that even without a leg one can still advance in the army. I realized that I would have to learn to live with it.”