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Against All Odds, Injured Bedouin Tracker Vows to Return to IDF

(Ynet News) Matan Tzuri - Major Falah Al-Heib, 29, an officer in the tracker unit of the IDF Gaza Division, lost both legs in a roadside bomb explosion during Israel's 2009 Gaza operation. After more than a year at the rehab department, learning to walk and function again, Al-Heib began studying for a bachelor's degree in political science and Israel studies at Haifa University. In addition, he will soon come back to the IDF as a tracking instructor, and in the future he intends to return to the field as well. "From a young age, I was taught to love the country and defend the homeland," he said. "That's how it is in my family. We are Zionists, and are prepared to do anything for the protection of the state....My father, my grandfather, they both fought for the state. That's how I am, and that's how I will raise my children." Al-Heib, a resident of the northern Israeli Bedouin community of Beit Zarzir, is a married father of two. His father, Col. Nimer Al-Heib (res.), served until two years ago as the commander of a tracker unit in the IDF's Northern Command.
2011-04-01 00:00:00
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