Wounded Soldier Heals Through Music: “I Just Want to Go Home”
May 20, 2026 – Written during his recovery and set to music using AI, a song written by a wounded soldier, treated at Rambam— “I Just Want to go Home”—is both a personal source of healing and a voice for others unable to express their emotions.
On April 13, 2026, Sergeant Major (Res.) Nadav Kadishi, a 44-year-old resident of Kiryat Motzkin, was evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) after a military Humvee overturned in the Bint Jbeil area of Southern Lebanon. In the same tragic incident, Sergeant Major (Res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco z”l was killed.
Kadishi was admitted to Rambam’s Department of Thoracic Surgery where he was treated for extensive injuries to his upper body.
Exactly one month later, Kadishi was discharged for further rehabilitation. His wife, Michal, walked beside him as medical teams, nursing staff, IDF Ram 2 Liaison Unit personnel, and others, each of whom had become an inseparable part of his recovery journey, gathered to wish him well. As Kadashi made his way out, a song he had written during his hospitalization played in the background—a declaration of pain, resilience, and victory. With the help of AI, he had transformed his lyrics into a fully produced song with melody and vocals, making it part of the healing process that had already begun at Rambam.
“It is difficult to live in our country, carrying so many scars and with friends killed along the way,” Kadishi shared with those present. “Many people have no voice to express what they feel. When I wrote the song and played it for people, especially soldiers, they burst into tears and understood from the very first words what I was talking about.”
“Nadav enlisted following the events of October 7 and served more than 200 days in reserve duty until he was injured,” says his wife, Michal. “He was away from our family and our two children, Ben and Lior. As much as he is suffering, he is willing to bear the injuries because he understands that we only have one country and that it is our duty to show up. This song is Nadav,” she continues. “It was born from immense pain and gives voice to so many people in this country.”
