Star singer and “Fauda” actor Idan Amedi was seriously injured while fighting as an Israel Defense Forces reservist in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, and was airlifted to a hospital on Monday, where he was sedated and receiving treatment.
Amedi’s father confirmed the injury, telling the Walla news site that his son’s life was no longer in danger.
The actor’s cousin Ayelet also posted an update on Instagram and asked the public to pray for his recovery.
Amedi, who is known for playing a soldier in an elite IDF unit that operates in Palestinian areas of the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip in the hit TV show “Fauda,” had been serving as a real-life IDF reservist in the Combat Engineering Corps when he was injured. He was brought to Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan at about 4 p.m. on Monday and underwent urgent, serious and lengthy surgery, according to Hebrew media.
In a recent video Amedi recorded from amid the fighting in Gaza, he said, “After 90 days of fighting, we are continuing to destroy the short-range missile sites, the launch sites, and the command facilities of the Hamas terrorist organization.”
He also urged a halt to internal dissent among Israelis: “I join my brother reservists in calling on the politicians, all the media outlets, and everyone: Whoever doesn’t have something good to say, simply shut your mouths. The people of Israel live.”
On October 12, amid a call-up of more than 300,000 reservists — days after Hamas-led terrorists in Gaza stormed the border with Israel, killing some 1,200 people and kidnapping another 240, mostly civilians — Amedi posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, wearing military fatigues and saying: “This isn’t a scene from Fauda, it’s real life.”
“We are here to protect our children, our families and our homes, and I want to promise you that we won’t surrender until we win,” he said in the video.
A musician, songwriter, and actor, Amedi was also filmed singing for IDF troops in Ma’alot in October.
Fighting has raged between the IDF and Gaza-ruling Hamas since Israel launched its military campaign in response to the October 7 onslaught, vowing to destroy the terror group.
Amedi was born and raised in Jerusalem, to Kurdish immigrants. Extremely proud of his heritage, Amedi always ends his concerts with a song in Kurdish.
One of his best-known songs, titled “Warrior’s Pain,” describes the post-traumatic experience of a soldier coming back from war. The song made a fast run of the charts in 2010, after he performed it on the Israeli music competition show “Kochav Nolad,” or “A Star is Born.” Amedi, who is married with two children, performed his mandatory military service in the IDF Combat Engineering Corps’ 603rd Battalion from 2006 to 2009.