"I received a call from the unit that the seriously wounded man I evacuated is the son of the former chief of staff"
Prof. Itai Shavit, the doctor who evacuated Gal Eisenkot by helicopter during the 'Swords of Iron' war, said he was informed that the wounded soldier was the son of former chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot. According to Shavit, in a personal meeting, Eisenkot told him that after his son's fall, he sees changing the country as his life's mission.
Prof. Itai Shavit, a senior physician and researcher at Sheba Medical Center, said in an interview with Radio North 104.5FM that he was the doctor who evacuated Gal Eisenkot by helicopter, the son of former chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, during the 'Swords of Iron' war. Shavit recounted that during one of the complex evacuations, he was informed that the seriously wounded man he evacuated was the son of the former chief of staff. According to him, Eisenkot later contacted him and asked to meet. Shavit described an emotional one-on-one meeting, during which Eisenkot told him that after his son's fall, he sees changing the State of Israel as his life's mission, even though he did not want to enter politics. Shavit added that Eisenkot impressed him as a humble, wise, and noble person.