Gilah Shamron

Background
Gilah Shamron is the long-suffering wife of Ari Shamron. She has had watch him leave their home repeatedly over the years during Israel's wars, not knowing when or if he would return. When he retired, she found that having him around the house was a chore.

Gilah watched Ari prepare to leave as she had for more than forty years and asked him not to smoke; he said that he would not.

Gilah heard about the bombing of the embassy in Rome and sent Ari off to brief the Prime Minister. She asked him not to smoke too much.

After her husband was attacked, Gilah sat in his hospital room and told Gabriel Allon the story behind the unrepaired tear in Ari's jacket.

Gilah helps arrange and hosts the wedding of Gabriel Allon to Chiara Zolli.

Gilah visited Villa dei Fiori with Ari while Gabriel Allon was recovering from the injury to his eye.

When Gilah heard of Chiara Zolli's abduction, she told her husband that Gabriel needed his abba, his father. She told Ari to ignore Amos Sharret and go into work. Throughout all the furor, she continued to visit Leah Allon. After Chiara Zolli had been rescued, Gilah looked after her while Gabriel and others wrought vengeance on Ivan Kharkov.

Trivia

 * In, Gilah is spelled Ge'ulah.