Israel-Hamas war: ‘Fauda’ actor Idan Amedi ‘seriously injured’ while fighting in Gaza

Idan Amedi, an actor-singer best known for his role in the Netflix series Fauda, has reportedly sustained serious injuries while fighting as an Israeli Army reservist during the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

What do we know about his condition?

Amedi, who is a reservist for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was injured while fighting in Gaza’s Khan Younis and airlifted to a hospital on Monday (Jan 8) where he was sedated and is receiving treatment, reported Times of Israel.

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The actor-singer’s condition was later confirmed by his father in an interview with the Walla news site. He said his son was no longer in danger.

The 35-year-old was born and raised in Jerusalem to Kurdish immigrants and is married with two children.

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In reel life, that is on the show Fauda, Amedi is known for playing a soldier in an elite IDF unit that operates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, in real life, the 35-year-old was serving as an IDF reservist in the Combat Engineering Corps when he was injured.

A report by Times of Israel citing Hebrew media reported that Amedi was brought to Sheba Medical Center in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan at around 4:00 pm (local time), on Monday.

He reportedly underwent urgent, serious and lengthy surgery.

‘A little tired, but fine’

The actor-singer, who had completed his mandatory military service in the IDF Combat Engineering Corps’ 603rd Battalion between 2006 and 2009, spoke to an Israeli television reporter in Gaza who described him as “a little tired, but fine.”

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“It’s weird to see you here (amid the war in Gaza). You suddenly feel so clean to me, I don’t know how to act with this,” Amedi told the reporter from Israel’s Channel 12 news. He then said, “We are working hard for everyone’s security. We really love you.”

When asked about the Hamas tunnels that his team was working to uncover, the IDF reservist said, “It’s crazy, what they built here.”

He added, “The operation here is on a very central (Hamas tunnel) route. We found kilometres of tunnels here, weaponry, even special weaponry. We’ve been busy the past two days trying to destroy it.”

On October 12, amid a call-up of more than 300,000 reservists, Amedi posted a video on X where he was seen wearing military fatigues and saying, “This isn’t a scene from Fauda, it’s real life.”

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Hamas launched a deadly attack against Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people and taking some 240 hostages back to Gaza.

Israel has since retaliated with constant bombardment and a ground operation in Gaza, killing at least 23,000 people, mostly women and children in the Palestinian enclave, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

(With inputs from agencies)

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