Israeli singer Idan Amedi, who also stars in the hit Netflix series “Fauda,” was seriously injured during Israeli army fighting in the central Gaza Strip and was airlifted Monday for emergency medical treatment, The Times of Israel and The Times of Israel. Jerusalem Post report.

Amedi’s father confirmed that he was injured, but told the Israeli news website Walla News that Idan’s life was not in danger.

Amedi, who joined the series Fauda during the second season to play the role of Sagi Tsur, a new undercover agent who joins Doron Cabiglio’s team. Amedi, who appeared in 36 episodes of Fauda, ​​is also a famous singer in Israel who has released 5 albums since 2011.

According to Israeli media, he was taken to the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan around 4:00 p.m. Monday and immediately underwent surgery that lasted several hours.

Shortly before he was wounded, Amedi was interviewed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli television channel, saying he was feeling “a little tired but fine.”

“It’s wonderful to see you here [în mijlocul luptelor din Gaza]. All of a sudden you look so clean I don’t know how to behave,” he joked to the Channel 12 crew.

On October 12, a day after the Israeli government announced the mobilization of 300,000 reservists, Amedi, dressed in military uniform, posted a video on the X social network in which he said, among other things:

“This is not a scene from Fauda, ​​this is real life.”

Amedi is a reservist in the Military Engineering Corps of the IDF, the Israeli Armed Forces.

A member of the “Fauda” film crew was killed in the Gaza Strip.

A dramatic thriller created by two former Israeli security forces, Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff. Fauda Returned to the public eye after Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on October 7. Streamed by Netflix, Fauda is one of the most popular Israeli TV series of all time outside the country.

The series was renewed by Netflix for a fifth season last September, but production was halted after the cast and crew were mobilized after the outbreak of war.

By the way, on October 13, Lior Raz shared a video on social networks in which he declared that he had joined the fight against Hamas and was heading to the south of the country. On November 12, production group a Fauda announced that one of its members, Nathan Meir, had been killed during the fighting in Gaza. Matan Meir was a reservist with the 697th Battalion of the 551st Brigade in Israel.

Fauda enjoyed great success, including in Arab countries, as noted by The Times at the beginning of last year, after the release of the 4th season of the series. The success was so great that it led Hamas to make their own adaptation based on it.