The paramedic, St-Sgt Noga Erez, was given the President’s Award for Excellence by President Shimon Peres at an event held in honour of outstanding soldiers on May 06 Tuesday, Israel’s 66th Independence Day.
In a video produced by the IDF for the occasion, Erez, an amateur seamstress when off-duty and a medical worker responsible for saving lives when on base, can be seen telling her story, and that of the wounded Syrians she treated at the hospital.
“His name was Tariq. He was 25 years old, and they shot him in both legs,” she said of one of her patients, with whom she developed a tentative friendship. “He came to Israel leaving behind his wife and a four-month-old daughter.” |
