Well-known Israeli singer and actress Miri Aloni was rushed to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tuesday after developing a severe infection in her leg.
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She is known, among other things, for having sung the "Shir Lashalom" (Song for Peace) minutes before the assassination of then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
Aloni was immediately taken to surgery due to the life-threatening infection she had developed, resulting in her right leg being amputated, according to the hospital.
In a message Aloni sent after the operation, she assured her well-wishers that "everything will be alright. I thank the hospital for saving my life … My vocal cords will forever remain with me."
Prior to the medical emergency, Aloni was at the height of rehearsals for a production at the Haifa Theater.
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