soldiers like me, I would not have believed it.”
Gil served as a team commander in the elite Duvdevan Unit 217. His unit was sent to Bethlehem to catch the head of Hamas who was responsible for a series of terror attacks in Jerusalem. During this mission, he came face-to-face with the terrorist. “He put his gun to my neck and I put my weapon to his stomach. We shot each other at the same time.” Gil was evacuated to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem where he underwent a long rehabilitation process. The bullet had exited at the top of his spine leaving him paralyzed.
Gil, who thankfully regained his ability to walk, said he soon realized that although his life would never be the same he had gained a powerful new perspective – that he could help his brothers who were going through the same thing. “At the moment that I got my life back, I knew I had to do something meaningful.”
With co-founders Yaniv Leidner and Rabbi Chaim Levine, Gil leads the BFL organization in its strategic direction, while continuing to support his brothers through their recovery journeys. Gil lives in Tel Aviv, Israel with his wife and two sons. He holds an LLB degree
