Master Sergeant Evyatar Lazarovitch returned home to Mitzpe Yericho this week, marking a remarkable recovery from injuries that nearly claimed his life in southern Lebanon's battle of Aytaroun.
Lazarovitch, who spent weeks fighting for his life while sedated and ventilated at Beilinson Hospital, was welcomed by hundreds of community members who had been praying for his recovery since that fateful night when six of his fellow soldiers from the Northern Nachal's 228th Alon Brigade made the ultimate sacrifice.
His recovery journey, which included two critical surgeries and intensive rehabilitation at Har HaTzofim Hospital, had been so uncertain that Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu had added the name "Chaim" (meaning "life") to his Hebrew name - a traditional gesture reserved for those in grave danger.
