Izzy Ezagui

Izzy Ezagui, a decorated squad commander in the Israel Defense Forces, is the only soldier to lose an arm in combat and return to the battlefield. In 2011, former President Shimon Peres awarded him one of Israel's highest military honors. Izzy continues to serve in an elite reserve unit and delivers talks across the U.S. and internationally. His story has been featured in The Huffington Post, Al Jazeera America, Fox News, and on The Dr. Phil Podcast. The Algemeiner included him in its list of the 'Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life.'

Most recently, during Operation Swords of Iron, Izzy served with a Combat Engineering Recon Unit in Gaza, demolishing homes of terrorists involved in the October 7 Massacre. On the northern front, he escorted journalist Douglas Murray into Lebanon and took part in a high-risk cross-border mission to dismantle Hezbollah’s largest terror tunnel, which required 400 tons of explosives.