Amitai Argaman was called from a backpacking trip into combat on October 7, lost both legs after being critically wounded in Gaza, and now aims to represent Israel at the Paralympic Games.
The war changed my life.” That’s how Amitai Argaman, 25, describes the moment everything turned upside down.
A day after returning from a long backpacking trip, Amitai was called up on October 7 and went to fight in Gaza. During the fighting, he was critically wounded and lost both of his legs.
Two years later, Amitai opens up in an intimate interview with Ifat Amiel about his new reality — the pain, the recovery, the love that carried him through — and the dream that keeps him moving forward: to represent Israel at the Paralympic Games.