Israeli singer and actor of the popular TV series “Fauda”. Idan Amedi was seriously injured during the fighting in the Gaza Strip. where he fought as a reservist in the Israeli army.

Amedi is one of the most famous faces of Fauda, ​​where he played soldier Saga Tsura elite unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for five seasons.

The singer was also flown Monday afternoon to Sheba Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel’s largest, where he underwent surgery. urgent, serious and long-term operations, According to Jewish media.

Amedi’s father confirmed the injury to an Israeli news portal Walla And He noted that his son’s life is not in danger.

In addition to the fact that Amedi was a singer and actor, in real life he worked Israel Defense Forces Reservist in the combat engineering unit.

“We are working hard to keep everyone safe. “We really love Israel,” the actor told 12 Hours in the Gaza Strip twelve hours before he was wounded in fighting in Khan Yunis in the south of the country.

The Amedi division is responsible for discover Hamas tunnels in the area. “It’s crazy what they built here. The operation takes place on the central route of the tunnel. Here we find kilometers of tunnels, weapons, even special weapons. “We’ve been busy the last two days trying to destroy it,” he said.

On October 12, in the midst of recruiting more than 300 thousand reservists, Amedi posted a video on his X (formerly Twitter) account, dressed in military uniform, in which he stated: “This is not a scene from Fauda, ​​this is real life.”

During the fight, he posted several videos in which called for Israeli unity in the face of political polarization and the destruction of Hamas.

“After 90 days of fighting, we continue to destroy short-range missile sites, launch pads and command posts of the terrorist organization Hamas,” he said in a message two days ago, when the war was three months old.

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Although he became popular internationally thanks to Fauda, Amedi was already known in Israel as a singer. and one of his most popular songs is “A Warrior’s Pain”, which describes the post-traumatic experience of a soldier returning from war.

Amedi is married, has two children, and completed compulsory military service in 603rd Battalion IDF Engineering Corps from 2006 to 2009.

(EFE)