Leah Allon

"Look at the snow, Gabriel. Isn't it beautiful?"

Background
Leah Allon was the first wife of Gabriel Allon. They met when both were students at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Most people thought she died with her son, Dani in January 1991. Leah suffered from acute post-traumatic stress syndrome and psychotic depression, which causes her to relive the moments before and during the bombing endlessly. Gabriel put her in the Stratford Clinic in England; she did not speak to Gabriel for thirteen years.

Appearance
Leah is confined to a wheel-chair. Her hair was once long and flowing but has been cut short out of practicality and has turned grey. Her hands are crooked and littered with white scars.

Her mind was virtually destroyed when her car was blown up by a terrorist bomb in Vienna. Gabriel visited Leah at the Stratford clinic; she did not appear to recognize him.

Leah was abducted from the Stratford Clinic and was taken to the Gare de Lyon in Paris, France where she and many others were expected to be killed in a terrorist bombing attack aimed at punishing Gabriel and implicating Israel in an act of terrorism. Gabriel thwarted much of the plan and escaped with Leah. When she was returned to Israel she was placed in the Mount Herzl Psychiatric Clinic. She was amazed to learn that Yasir Arafat lived and worked only a few miles from Jerusalem.

Later, she became more lucid for short periods. Gabriel divorced Leah with her permission so that he could marry Chiara.

Gabriel and Chiara visited Leah while the two were recovering from their ordeal in Russia. Leah and Chiara became friendly toward each other when Leah was in the present.

Gabriel visited Leah to tell her that Chiara was pregnant. Leah's condition was unchanged.

Gabriel comes to visit her. During a lucid moment she admits that she heard about his death on the TV and Gabriel tells her that he's going to be the next director of the Office. She proceeds to ask about Ari Shamron and about his children. Then Gabriel introduces her to Raphael and she notices that he looks like her own son, Dani. After that encounter her lucid moment is over and she falls back into the past.

Trivia

 * Leah's maiden name was Savir.
 * After the bombing, Leah was placed in room 2602-C of the Vienna General Hospital.