On May 22: Beit Halochem will present ‘Beyond the 7th – Stronger Together’ in Calgary

(AJNews) – Eden Ram was a 20-year-old officer serving in the Home Front Command and stationed at the Urim base. On October 7, Hamas terrorists raided her base killing four young soldiers with their initial hail of gunfire.

As Eden raced to the command centre, dodging bullets, she was hit in her leg, hand, and pelvis. The centre quickly turned into a bloody battlefield. Eden played dead as she lay wounded and losing blood among her friends’ bodies. Eden didn’t expect to live and sent farewell messages to her family, writing that she loved them and asking them to pray for her.

Hours after the attack began, Eden was rescued by Battalion 669 who fought to overcome the terrorists. Eden was evacuated with the base’s one other survivor. When she arrived at the hospital, she was in critical condition, her body riddled with 12 bullets.

Eden was on life support for nine days as medical teams worked around the clock to save her.  During her three months in hospital, Eden was visited regularly by Beit Halochem volunteers, some of whom were injured veterans themselves. They were there to show her that life after injury is possible.

Eden goes to Beit Halochem Jerusalem every day where she works hard with physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Even with one bullet still lodged in her hip, Eden is recovering, little by little, as she takes step after step!

Once the fighting stops for Israel’s injured veterans, their real battle is only beginning. Since its 1949 establishment, Beit Halochem has been the only organization legally responsible for the well-being of all Israel’s wounded veterans, from the day of injury and for the rest of their lives. Our role is more significant than ever.

To meet the needs of its now-over 65,000 members, including more than 15,000 since October 7, Beit Halochem continues to expand its inventories of specialized equipment and augmentrosters of skilled staff at its Centres in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Be’er Sheva, Nahariya, and the future Ashdod. At the state-of-the-art facilities, a wide array of exceptional rehabilitative programs and services assist Israel’s disabled veterans, like Eden, in reclaiming their lives.

Hear courageous injured Hero of Israel, Eden Ram tell her story in Calgary on Thursday, May 22 when Beit Halochem Canada, Aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel presents Beyond the 7th: Stronger Together.

Her story and others will be presented, accompanied by exceptional music directly from Israel.

This article was sponsored by Beit Halochem Canada.