Every dog has his day

After anti-terror raid, injured (canine) Rambo visits Rivlin

President pays respects to officers, soldiers, and a dog who tracked down Barkan shooter Ashraf Na’alowa earlier this month and was badly wounded

By JTA and ToI Staff 26 December 2018, 12:31 am
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President Reuven Rivlin, left, and his wife Nechama Rivlin greet police dog Rambo and officers who together tracked down the Barkan attack terrorist Ashraf Na'alowa, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 25, 2018. (Courtesy/Tomer Reichman)
President Reuven Rivlin, left, and his wife Nechama Rivlin greet police dog Rambo and officers who together tracked down the Barkan attack terrorist Ashraf Na'alowa, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 25, 2018. (Courtesy/Tomer Reichman)

Rambo the dog on Tuesday visited the president of Israel, who honored him for his recent role in capturing a Palestinian terrorist.

Rambo, a 5-year-old Belgian Shepherd mix, was injured during an operation earlier this month with a police counter-terrorism unit to capture the Palestinian man suspected of killing two Israeli co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank.

Rambo was shot in the neck and was wounded all over his body with shrapnel during the operation to capture Ashraf Na’alowa, 23, in the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus. He was shot while searching the building that was believed to be Na’alowa’s hideout, after Na’alowa eluded police and security forces for some two months.

Na’alowa was killed in the early hours of December 13, when he opened fire at the Israeli security officers who came to arrest him, the IDF said. The troops shot back, killing him.

Ashraf Walid Suleiman Na’alowa, a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out a deadly terror attack on October 7, 2018 in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the northern West Bank. (Courtesy)

The dog, who was accompanied to the meeting with Rivlin by his handler Sgt.-Maj. A., was injured before, at the age of two, and spent a year recovering before returning to his unit, known as Yamam, the Hebrew acronym for Special Police Unit.

The president thanked the soldiers, officers, and Rambo for their contribution to Israel’s security.

“Outstanding soldiers are invited to the President’s Residence. From time to time, it’s a real pleasure to meet outstanding dogs here, too. Look after yourselves. You do vital work and we all thank you for it,” Rivlin said.

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