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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Seriously wounded Canadian IDF soldier still pushing hard to recover
Description: It will be a very different kind of Yom ha-Zikaron in Israel for the family of Ben Brown. In July 2024, a Hezbollah rocket injured the 20-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., while he was on duty with the Israel Defense Forces’ Golani army unit at a strategic base overlooking the Lebanese border. No one else was hurt, or killed.
Now, as the Jewish State remembers more than 25,000 soldiers and also victims of terrorism who’ve fallen throughout Israel’s history, Brown’s family is commemorating in their own way—on the ground in Israel, where there son is still in hospital. Brown has...