Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday visited with wounded Givati officer Captain Ziv [ben Margalit] Shilon who is in Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva. Shilon was seriously wounded in a terrorist bomb attack along the Gaza border last week.

The prime minister told Shilon “The entire country embraces and supports you. I thank you on behalf of the entire nation. I am very impressed by your strength.”

The prime minister presented Shilon with a Hebrew copy of the book “The Letters of Yoni Netanyahu” with a personal dedication in which the former wrote: “To an admired soldier and commander, for your bravery and your sacrifice in safeguarding the homeland. The Jewish People salute you.”

Capt. Shilon thanked Prime Minister Netanyahu and said: “Thank you Mr. prime minister for coming here. I have had many visitors and it is very encouraging. The State of Israel and its people need security, including self-sacrifice if need be. It was to this end that I joined the IDF.”

Following the visit the prime minister met with Beersheva Mayor Rubik Davidovitz and told him, “Hamas hides among the civilian population and fires from there at our communities. We will respond in strength to every place from which we are fired at.”

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)