Ahead of Passover, IDF chief Zamir visits wounded soldiers at rehabilitation center

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visits the Loewenstein Hospital Rehabilitation Center to meet with soldiers wounded in combat across various fronts.

Accompanied by the center’s director, Dr. Hagay Amir, Zamir tours the departments and speaks with injured soldiers and their families, offering holiday blessings ahead of Passover, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces.

During the visit, Zamir expresses appreciation for the wounded and the medical staff treating them.

“I came to strengthen you, but I’m the one who is moved by what I’ve seen here,” he tells the soldiers. “You sacrificed and were willing to give everything, and you were wounded, and I think that is heroism.”

Zamir, who is joined by his wife Orna, also addresses the ongoing efforts to return the remaining 59 hostages. “We have brought many of them back — some fallen, some alive — and we still have the mission of bringing them all home, and that is what we are doing.”

Calling the recovery process “the battle after the battle,” Zamir reaffirms the IDF’s stated commitment to supporting the wounded and honoring the memory of fallen soldiers.