Maybe too little too late but God bless them – Peter
Ron Feiner looks philosophical as he points to where the bullet struck the side of his helmet, knocking him off his feet. Just a few millimetres difference and he would have been killed, like six of his comrades were when they walked into a house in southern Lebanon in October, believing – wrongly that it had already been checked for terrorists.
“It was a really horrible day,” the 26-year-old recalled. “They opened the door, and behind the door were two Hezbollah fighters who immediately started firing with their rifles. Four soldiers died immediately.”
Feiner, a captain in Israel’s 933rd Nahal Brigade, acquitted himself well, picking himself up and dragging wounded colleagues to safety as the battle raged for five hours. It was his destiny, having dreamt of becoming, like his father, an infantry officer for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) since he was a child.
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