- Title: Israel's 'Fauda' actor vows to return despite war injury
- Date: 25th January 2024
- Summary: RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL (JANUARY 25, 2024) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** AMEDI'S HAND IN SLING (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI ACTOR AND SINGER IDAN AMEDI, WHO PARTICIPATED IN NETFLIX'S 'FAUDA' AND WAS INJURED IN GAZA FIGHTING AS A RESERVE SOLDIER, SAYING: "I think that the second that the findings that were found there (in Gaza) will be published around the world, this whole thing of the lawsuit (in the Hague) will be even a bit funny. We are dealing with an enemy that has no moral compunction. Just a second, I'm trying to find the right words so I won't... Let's just say that in a few weeks from now, the rockets that are fired towards Israel could have been much more complex, you can read between the lines what that means. We need to continue to explain to everyone that this is a just war and that we are facing an enemy that regretfully is not only Hamas -- we found tunnels and fighting equipment everywhere we got to, in houses, kids bags, schools -- it's important that the whole world knows that." PHOTOGRAPHER PEOPLE CLAPPING, AMEDI GETTING UP AND WALKING OUT OF ROOM
- Embargoed: 8th February 2024 12:45
- Keywords: Fauda Gaza war Idan Amedi Israel Palestinians hospital
- Location: RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL/ GIVEN AS GAZA/ VARIOUS FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL/ GIVEN AS GAZA/ VARIOUS FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA003434722012024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:An Israeli singer and actor known abroad for his role in the hit TV action series "Fauda" pledged on Thursday (January 25) to bounce back from wounds sustained as a reservist soldier in the Gaza war and return to the stage, screen or, if required, the front line.
With a bruised face, bandaged hand and an arm in a sling, Idan Amedi, 35, briefed reporters at a hospital near Tel Aviv where he had been listed as being in a serious condition on Jan. 8 following an explosion that ripped through his army engineering unit.
"Although I was seriously injured, my spirit is strong," he said at Sheba Medical Centre. "I refuse to make this injury the story of my life, It's just another milestone. I will come back to sing and act and with God's help I will also return to fight for my country."
In "Fauda", an original Israeli series that was bought by Netflix, Amedi plays a member of an undercover special forces team that battles Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank and Gaza.
Conflict themes have tinged his music, such as the ballad "The Pain of Warriors".
Amedi's involvement in actual fighting has gripped Israelis rocked by the toll on reservists called up from civilian life within hours of the Oct 7 cross-border rampage by Hamas.
Paying tribute to two comrades who were killed by his side, Amedi called on the country to stay united and ensure the return of dozens of people still held by the Palestinian militant group.
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