For hundreds of injured Israel Defense Forces soldiers who have bravely fought to defend their country in the wake of the Oct. 7 terror attack, the path to recovery runs through New York City.

For Niv Shtaif, an IDF reservist who was paralyzed while fighting on the northern border in December 2023, coming to the Big Apple was a big first step toward reaching his dream — to walk down the aisle at his wedding.

An anti-tank missile left the 30-year-old with a spinal cord injury that confined him to a wheelchair. 6

“We decided to postpone because of the injury. I was in a wheelchair and I didn’t really want to marry like that,” Shtaif, a well-known soccer referee in Israel, told The Post about scrapping his 400-person nuptials that were supposed to take place last year.

“I made a prom

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