Idan Amedi gives a statement following his release from Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, January 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Israeli singer-songwriter and actor Idan Amedi shared on Tuesday a video from his rehabilitation after sustaining serious injuries earlier this year fighting as a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
The 35-year-old, who stars in the hit Israeli television series “Fauda,” shared a video on Instagram of him slowly walking in a hospital hallway while holding on to two people. In the caption, he reflected on his newfound appreciation for life after getting injured.
“Nothing is taken for granted in this life. We all learned this firsthand in the past year,” Amedi wrote in the caption. “This land, the people in it, the feeling of security, sunrise, sunset, the excitement of a mother for her son walking a few meters at the age of 35.”
“Nothing is taken for granted. Everything is worth the entire world,” he added, before saying that “half a year has passed and I watch the few videos from the hospital once every few days to remind myself that everything is a miracle.”
“To return to playing music, to watch soccer with friends, to take my daughter to swimming lessons, to laugh, to cry, to long for those who are no longer here. Nothing is for granted in this life. Even if I sometimes forget,” Amedi concluded.
Amedi served as a reservist in the IDF’s combat engineering unit after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. In January, he was severely wounded in an explosion in Gaza and was evacuated to Sheba Medical Center, where he was sedated and intubated after suffering shrapnel injuries on his body. Six soldiers were killed in the explosion.
In March, he declined an invitation to light a ceremonial torch in Israel’s state ceremony to mark its 76th Independence Day, saying that he preferred to stay home and remember those killed in the Israel-Hamas war.
In November, Amedi shared a video on Instagram of him directing a strike on a building in Gaza and said he dedicated the military action to the victims of the Oct. 7 massacre. The actor also honored victims of the Oct. 7 attacks when he visited a beach in Gaza with fellow IDF soldiers and raised the flag of the Supernova music festival, where Hamas killed hundreds of young people and took others as hostages.
Fauda crew member Matan Meir, 38, was killed in November while fighting in Gaza as an IDF reservist.
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