A Touching Reunion

ByAmi Steinberger

Captain Ziv Shilon, a platoon commander in the Giv’ati Brigade, was severely wounded while on routine patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border. Shilon received medical care and is now stable, but his hands were mangled.

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