IRON SWORDS
IMAJ | volume 26
Journal 10, November 2024
pages: 613-615
Resilience Unveiled: Myxedema Coma in a Hostage Survivor
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
2 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
3 Director General, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Summary
On 7 October 2023, the Hamas terror organization launched an unprecedented terror attack on Israel. Their forces infiltrated the country from the Gaza Strip invading nearby kibbutzim (collective farm settlements) and towns. During the attack an estimated 1200 Israelis were murdered and another 255 taken hostage, including children and older people, women and men.