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Operation in the Field Saved Wounded Soldier's Life
(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - IDF doctors and medics saved the life of a Bedouin reconnaissance battalion soldier who was seriously wounded by Palestinian sniper fire on Wednesday at the Gaza border. The bullet penetrated the soldier's upper body from the side and caused severe bleeding in his chest cavity. When the brigade doctor realized that only immediate treatment in the field could help regularize the soldier's pulse, he decided to perform surgery on the spot and drain the blood that accumulated in his chest. The surgery was done while IDF tanks and Air Force aircraft were returning fire at the source of the sniper fire. An IAF rescue helicopter landed at the scene of the shooting and the soldier was evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. Officers in the Medical Corps said the doctor "made the right decisions on the spot that unequivocally saved the soldier's life."