An IDF combat soldier who lost both legs and his hand in Gaza before falling into a six-week coma, was saluted during President Trump’s historic visit to the Israeli Knesset this week as “the spirit of Israel.”

Ari Spitz told The Post he was surprised to be singled out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who hailed the humble hero critically injured last year in a Hamas-booby trapped home connected to a tunnel shaft — and widely believed to have suffered one of the gravest injuries of the war with the terror group.

“Ari, you are the spirit of Joshua, the spirit of David, the spirit of the Maccabees. Ari, you are the spirit of Israel. I salute you,” said Netanyahu, whose rousing remarks were met with a standing ovation. 3

But the modest soldier, with dual US-Israel citi

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