Kibbutz Urim
On the morning of Simchas Torah 5784, Col. Yigal Singer was stationed in the Rei'im area. He saw the attacking terrorists and he directed the opening of an alternate route out of the area, a decision that in retrospect is credited with saving about 2,000 souls.
In the course of the day, Yigal was wounded in his legs near the Urim intersection, which caused him to lose a lot of blood.
"On our way to Ofakim, in armored police vehicle with several other policemen, we encountered a group of terrorists who fired an RPG at our vehicle along with fire from light weapons. This disabled our armored police vehicle. In the course of our battle, I was struck by a bullet that went through both of my legs and then exited. I saw death in front of my eyes," recalls Yigal.
At that time, an intensive care ambulance of MDA, headed by paramedic Ofir Peretz and senior medic Yanir Mizrachi noticed the disabled vehicle and the policeman who was waving to them for help.
They stopped nearby and saw Yigal who was lying outside the vehicle. They gave him lifesaving first aid and took him to a hospital.
Paramedic Ofir Peretz says, "That morning they sent us to Netivot to take care of many wounded. As we were on the way back from Netivot, we saw you. When we began to treat you and give you medicines, you started to communicate with us."
