Yonatan Ma’atuff, a combat soldier in the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade who was seriously wounded several days ago in an incident in the southern Gaza Strip, was photographed in his hospital bed and took the opportunity to thank all those who prayed for and supported him.<\/p>\n
“Slowly but surely, I\u2019m recovering” The 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade has been operating intensively in the southern Gaza Strip since fighting resumed. A few days ago, the IDF Spokesperson authorized for publication that one of the soldiers had been seriously wounded. According to the IDF, the injury occurred during combat in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n “I called to strengthen him, but came away strengthened” Minister of Transportation Miri Regev called the wounded soldier to offer encouragement: Minister Regev added: Yonatan Ma’atuff, a Golani soldier who was seriously injured in Gaza a few days ago, thanked the people of Israel for their prayers: “I feel good. I\u2019m walking, I\u2019m getting around. Slowly but surely, I\u2019m recovering.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,2276,85,88,6],"tags":[2424,1965,4277,4252,1709,1743,4278],"class_list":["post-19850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-people","category-positive-moment","category-will-remember","category-security","tag-gaza-strip","tag-golani","tag-idf-soldier","tag-israeli-resilience","tag-miri-regev","tag-swords-of-iron","tag-wounded-in-action"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>“Thank you so much for all your prayers. I feel good. I\u2019m walking, I\u2019m getting around. Slowly but surely, I\u2019m recovering,” said Ma’atuff. “It\u2019s only been three days, but I think I\u2019ll be discharged from the hospital within a week,” he added.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Yonatan Ma’atuff is the son of Nahum Ma’atuff, a project management technician at Netivei Ayalon and an active reservist. Yonatan\u2019s brother is currently serving in the Givati Brigade.<\/p>\n
\n“I called to strengthen him and came away moved and strengthened myself. I had the privilege of meeting a proud, fighting Zionist family. We are blessed to have a people like this and soldiers like these.”<\/p>\n
\n“With God\u2019s help, may he have a full and speedy recovery and may we hear only good news.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"