After critical injury in Gaza, former soldier gets hitched

Kfir Levy injured in 2002 from an RPG while stationed in a settlement near the Gaza Strip, undergoes 180 operation and a long period of rehabilitation before fulfilling his dream of a family
Kfir Levy was considered one of the most severely injured soldiers in the history of conflict with the Gaza Strip.
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In 2002, long before Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in the disengagement, he was hurt in an RPG attack. And Just last week he fulfilled his dream and got married, a symbol of hope, after a long and challenging rehabilitation journey.
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כפיר לוי ובת זוגתו תקווה בחתונתם
כפיר לוי ובת זוגתו תקווה בחתונתם
Kfir Levy and his newly wedded wife Tikva
(Photo: Tzeirei Chabad)
Levy's life was in danger and he had undergone some 180 surgeries in Israel and in medical centers around the world, for facial reconstruction. He remained disabled on the left side of his body.
On Wednesday, 21 years after that severe injury, Levy fulfilled his dream and got married to his chosen partner Tikva, a new immigrant from the Philippines whom he had met two years earlier, after she completed a lengthy process of conversion and received her certificate proving she was Jewish.
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כפיר לוי ובת זוגתו תקווה בחתונתם
כפיר לוי ובת זוגתו תקווה בחתונתם
Kfir Levy and his newly wedded wife Tikva
(Photo: Tzeirei Chabad)
"I haven't fully recovered yet," Levy said in a conversation with Ynet. "I was very excited at the wedding. It was emotional to see all my friends who were with me after the injury, celebrating with me. I couldn't believe I would get to this moment. But it happened in the end. God heard my voice. It was my biggest dream, and I fulfilled it. Now I will live my life."
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כפיר לוי ובת זוגתו תקווה בחתונתם
כפיר לוי ובת זוגתו תקווה בחתונתם
Kfir Levy and Rabbi Menachem Kutner
(Photo: Tzeirei Chabad)
The one who officiated the wedding of the happy couple is Rabbi Menachem Kutner, from the Chabad Terror Victims Project that accompanies injured IDF soldiers and victims of terrorism. "I accompanied Kfir throughout his challenging rehabilitation process. The biggest dream for me and his parents was to find a way for him to build a home in Israel," he said.
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