The kids, who’re recovering at Schneider Children’s Medical Centre in Petah Tikva, cuddle the canine as he lollops by way of the hall and licks their faces affectionately.
Rodney, believed to be a Rhodesian ridgeback, had beforehand accompanied the youngsters’s father, Avihai Brodutch, as he sat outdoors the defence ministry in Tel Aviv demanding their return whereas they had been held hostage.
On Oct 7, Mr Brodutch tried to defend the kibbutz whereas his family members sheltered within the protected room, however when he returned to seek for his household they had been gone.
He initially thought they’d been killed within the terror attack, however discovered days later they’d been kidnapped. He stated on the time: “I felt like I won the lottery.”
He grew to become one of many extra vocal members of the family within the marketing campaign to convey the hostages home.
In a Channel 12 interview on Nov 11, he stated: “Do you know why my family was abducted to Gaza?
“Because there wasn’t an army to defend us. Hamas is tiny next to Israel the giant.”
