Wounded Oct. 7 survivor weds longtime partner

(JNS) - Michelle Rukovicin, the most severely wounded survivor of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacres, married her partner on Tuesday night in a ceremony celebrated as a symbol of resilience.

The IDF intelligence systems technician, who was critically injured defending Kissufim base from Hamas terrorists and spent three months in a coma, wed her boyfriend of five years, Rinat Kasimov, the partner who remained at her side throughout her grueling recovery.

She was struck by seven bullets, wounded by grenade fragments and left bleeding for 14 hours inside her base bomb shelter. Defying medical...