Israeli Minister Smotrich shared a selfie with his son Binyamin Hebron, who was injured in Hezbollah airstrikes near the Lebanese border earlier this month. The latest image posted on X shows the son in a hospital bed in the intensive care unit.
Smotrich posted the image with a caption in Hebrew that roughly translated read: “After another night alongside our hero who, thank God, passed a little more peacefully than yesterday. We continue to make progress, God willing.”
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He asked his followers to “continue to pray for the healing of Binyamin Hebron… among all the injured (soldiers) of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces)…”
Son of Betzalel Smotrich wounded
The son of Israeli Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich was among eight IDF soldiers wounded in a Hezbollah rocket attack in northern Israel earlier on March 6, The Times of Israel quoted the military as saying.
“The son of Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich is among those slightly injured by the rocket strike,” the minister’s office reportedly said.
The missile reportedly hit army positions near the Lebanese border.
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The soldiers, who all served with the Givati Brigade, were taken to hospital for treatment. Five of them are in serious condition and three are slightly injured, the army said.
Smotrich confirmed the attack: ‘Shrapnel tore the son’s liver’
Smotrich claimed shrapnel tore through his son’s liver during an attack near the Lebanese border that wounded eight Israeli soldiers.
In a post on X, Smotrich said a mortar round was fired toward soldiers on the Lebanese border on Friday. “One of them is my beloved son – Benya Hebron,” he wrote.
A far-right Israeli cabinet member said shrapnel “pierced his back and abdomen” and he was taken to hospital.
“By the grace of God, one of the fragments tore through his liver and lodged in the wall of the largest blood vessel in his stomach. If, God forbid, it had been damaged, the situation would have been much worse,” he said.
‘Thank you for saving my son’
On March 13, Smotrich thanked the doctors for saving his son.
Taking to X to express his gratitude, he said: “About a week after my son Binyamin Hebron was injured, I arrived at Nahariya Medical Center today to express my sincere thanks to the medical teams who cared for him and his comrades with dedication, professionalism and great humanity.
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He also said he met other members of the team – “heroic fighters – and heard from them about moments of injury in the field and the rehabilitation process they were undergoing.”
“The spirit of our fighters, their faith and their determination to keep going forward are truly inspiring,” the minister’s post read.
“A big thank you to the doctors, nurses, support staff, volunteers, soldiers of the 2nd regional medical unit and the trauma department of the Givati brigade for their selfless care, for their open hearts and for their daily work that saves lives,” he wrote.
“In my name, in the name of all parents and families and in the name of the entire people of Israel – I thank you. Together with God’s help we will win,” the minister added.
