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Heroes on the Mend


(Israel Hayom) Arale Weisberg - Capt. Ran Ben-Attia, 27, an officer in the Nahal Brigade, was leading troops on a mission to search out tunnels and destroy them when a Palestinian sniper's bullet went through the palm of his hand, entered his thigh and reached his back. "I found myself alone, exposed," he says. "I realized that if I didn't move, I would die, and that if they came to me, I would be putting other troops in danger. I pulled myself together somehow and crawled 20 meters backward, and the paramedics swooped down on me."
2014-07-27 00:00:00
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