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E, a Border Police officer, was injured in the terror attack in Hadera last month. An MDA team provided life-saving treatment and conveyed him to hospital. Yesterday brought the story full circle when the same MDA team came with MDA's Wish Ambulance to Hillel Yafe Hospital to fulfil a special dream and take the officer to Maccabi Haifa's game of the season.

Last week, E had a visit from MDA Senior EMT Avihu Grasgrin who heard that E wanted to see Maccabi Haifa's game of the season at Sami Ofer Stadium. Avihu immediately got in touch with Yonat Daskal-Dagan, Wish Ambulance Manager, who suggested the collaboration with Sami Ofer Stadium and Maccabi Haifa football team. Yesterday, the Wish Ambulance arrived at the hospital along with MDA Paramedics Tzvika Weiss and Yuval Eliyahu who saved E's life in the field after the terror attack. They joined E, travelled with him to Sami Ofer Stadium in Haifa to see Maccabi Haifa – E's favorite team – play their game of the season.

E, The Border Police officer injured in the terror attack, told of the emotional event: "Tzvika and Yuval treated me in the best way possible at the scene of the terror attack. It's very possible that without them I wouldn't be here today. I was very emotional at meeting them when they came to visit me, and I'm excited today that they're taking part in this special moment and accompanying me, not long after my injury, to watch the game at Sami Ofer. To see Maccabi Haifa win and to meet the players is really a dream come true for me, and I thank everyone who was involved in making this happen – to MDA's Wish Ambulance, to the (Maccabi Haifa) team and to the stadium. Now I just need to concentrate on recovering, and I just want to get back to serving alongside my friends and guarding the Israeli people."

MDA Paramedics Tzvika Weiss and Yuval Eliyahu: "As soon as we heard about E's request, we immediately volunteered to be the team to carry out this mission – an opportunity to bring the story full circle. Just a week and a half ago we conveyed him, badly injured, from the scene of a very serious terror attack. Today, as he's being discharged from hospital and heading for rehabilitation, we were very happy to meet him again in much better circumstances, to help make his dream come true and to watch his favorite football team at the match. It made us very emotional to see his joy and his smile, and we wish him a speedy recovery and good health, and hope that he can walk in to the next match on his own two feet."

See the video of E's day with MDA's Wish Ambulance - https://youtu.be/xaaefl8Z8GQ