An Israeli actor who is dating one of the country’s most prominent television news journalists is being hailed as a hero after he was seriously wounded while fighting Hamas gunmen during an attempt to rescue trapped families near the Gaza Strip frontier over the weekend.
Yadin Gellman, 30, a theater and film actor who serves as a reservist in the Israeli military, underwent emergency surgery after sustaining gunshot wounds to his chest and hand during a gunfight with Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Be’eri, a kibbutz located two miles from the border with the Gaza Strip.
Gellman is dating Adva Dadon, a correspondent for N12 News, Israel’s most popular television news station, according to the Israeli news site Ynet.
“Thank you to everyone for your concern,” Dadon wrote on her Instagram account. “Please pray for his well-being as well as that of the other wounded, the missing, and the heroic fighters who are risking their lives.”
Yadin Gellman (left), 30, an Israeli theater and film actor, was wounded fighting Hamas gunmen near the Gaza Strip over the weekend. He is dating Adva Dadon, a popular Israeli newscaster. Instagram/Adva Dadon
Gellman is being hailed as a hero after reportedly rescuing families who were trapped in their homes after their kibbutz was overrun by Hamas gunmen. Instagram/Adva DadonHamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that lords over the Gaza Strip, launched a surprise assault early Saturday that has so far claimed the lives of more than 800 Israelis.
Scores of other Israeli soldiers and civilians have been taken hostage by the group. The Israeli military has unleashed a ferocious response, bombarding the Gaza Strip with airstrikes.
Adva Dadon is an Israeli investigative journalist with N12 News. Instagram/Adva Dadon
Dadon thanked well-wishers on Instagram who reached out in support of Gellman. Instagram/Adva Dadon
Dadon is seen above anchoring a news program from the N12 News studios in Israel. Instagram/Adva Dadon
Since the Hamas attack on Israel, Dadon has been reporting live from the frontier with the Gaza Strip. Instagram/Adva DadonDadon, an investigative journalist for N12 News, has been filing live, on-air reports from towns near the Gaza frontier that have been subjected to nearly non-stop rocket and missile bombardment from Hamas terrorists based in the Strip.
Be’eri, a kibbutz that numbers around 1,000 residents, was overrun by heavily armed Hamas terrorists who managed to break through the unguarded fence surrounding the border.
Several residents of the kibbutz were killed.
According to Hebrew-language media reports, Gellman was sent to Be’eri in order to root out Hamas gunmen who had infiltrated the kibbutz, leaving hundreds of families trapped in their homes.
Gellman, 30, is a reservist in the Israeli military. He is seen above with Dadon in this undated file photo. Instagram/Adva Dadon
Dadon and Gellman are seen above in this undated file photo posted on Instagram. Instagram/Adva DadonSources close to the actor told Israeli media outlets that Gellman and his fellow soldiers “saved many families.”
Gellman was rushed to a hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds to the chest, hand and leg. He is reported to be in serious but stable condition.
