Squad commander Matanel Krieger of the Givati Brigade has returned home to Kfar HaRoeh for rest and recuperation, three and a half months after being critically wounded by a rocket in Lebanon. The Israel Hayom-affiliated channel Yehuda Wold reports that Krieger expressed gratitude not only to surgeons and doctors but first to the cleaner who arrived early in the morning to mop the floor and to the orderly who assisted him.
Givati Brigade squad commander Matanel Krieger has returned home to the community of Kfar HaRoeh, three and a half months after being critically wounded in Lebanon. According to a report from the Yehuda Wold channel, Krieger was hit by a rocket that struck his outpost in southern Lebanon, sustaining life-threatening injuries.
The soldier's homecoming was marked not only by the medical milestone but by his own account of gratitude, as relayed by Wold. Krieger reportedly said he was thankful first to the hospital cleaner who arrived early each morning and to the orderly who helped him, before thanking the surgeons and doctors.
As The Zioneer reported on June 8, Krieger's return was described as arriving for rest and recuperation after losing both legs. The current dispatch provides additional details — a direct quote of his prioritization of thanks — that were not present in the earlier report. No further updates on his ongoing rehabilitation have been released.
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