Breathtaking moment: PM meets the friend who saved his life in military service

Yigal Maimon, who fought alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Yom Kippur War, made a surprise appearance on the 'Patriots' studio and recounted how he rescued him from the Suez Canal under heavy fire. Netanyahu recalled the moments of terror, saying: 'My lungs filled with water. I reached out my hand, and suddenly they grabbed me.' Maimon expressed support for Netanyahu.

A moving moment occurred on the 'Patriots' studio on Channel 14, when Yigal Maimon, who fought alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Yom Kippur War about 50 years ago, arrived as a surprise and told how he rescued him from the water in the Suez Canal under heavy fire. Netanyahu recalled the moments of terror: 'I inflated my lifebelt but it wasn't enough, and I began to sink into the canal. I know I'm going to die, my lungs filled with water. I reached out my hand, and suddenly they grabbed me.' Maimon expressed support for Netanyahu and said: 'Right is the king's way, left is the abyss.' His words were sealed with the singing of 'Bibi King of Israel' by the audience. Yinon Magal also referred to the meeting and said: 'It's a rare thing to see in one place three former IDF chiefs of staff who support Bibi.'