Organ donation

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Families of three IDF soldiers killed in Gaza donate their organs for transplants

The families of Omar Van Gelder, Lior Steinberg, and Alon Farkas, three soldiers killed in Gaza this week, have agreed to donate their organs.

Hands holding green organ transplant awareness ribbon (illustrative).
 Tzeela Gez, the pregnant woman wounded in a terror attack and succumbed to her wounds, May 15, 2025.

Organ donation by Tzeela Gez, murdered in West Bank shooting, brings hope amid tragedy

 Captain Rebecca Henrietta Johanna Baruch z"l.

Forever connected: Fallen IDF officer’s family meets girl saved by her kidney donation

A 15-year-old Rohingya boy, who said he was abducted for conscription by a military-aligned Rohingya insurgent group, poses for a picture in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 26, 2024.

'I am suffering deep down': Myanmar's poor travel to India to sell their organs


Rocket victim Michael Samara saves six lives with marathon organ donation

The lives of Israeli citizens were saved from organ transplants by Michael Samara, who died of wounds from an Iron Dome interception on Friday.

 Michael Samara, aged 27, died on August  9, 2024 from a failed interception of Hezbollah rocket.

Miraculous kidney donation between friends spans continents and save lives

The complex and sensitive cross-continental operation required coordination between senior officials in both countries.

 The proccess of bringing kindeys for transplant from the Czech Republic to Israel.

Fallen IDF soldier Sivan Weil's organs donated posthumously, saves five lives

The family of Major Sivan Weil, an IDF soldier who was killed in Gaza, donated his organs to save the lives of seriously ill Israelis.

 Fallen IDF solider Sivan Weil.

Campaign at municipal election sites for organ donation registration

Those who get ADI cards also have priority when receiving a donated organ if they need one, said the chairman of Israel Transplant's Steering Committee.

Hands holding green organ transplant awareness ribbon (illustrative).

After her death, Israeli lone soldier's family donates her organs

Cpt. Rebecca Henrietta Johanna Baruch, a lone soldier from the Netherlands, is remembered as an inspiration to her fellow soldiers.

 Capt. (res.) Rebecca Henrietta Johanna Baruch

Another fallen IDF soldier's donated organs save Israeli lives

Staff Sergeant Yehonatan Yitzhak Semo volunteered to have his organs donated in the event of his death. Due to the young man's sacrifice, six others are able to live.

 Staff Sergeant Yehonatan Yitzhak Semo.

Five organs donated of reservist left braindead after tank overturned

The soldier donated a kidney in June.

 Rabbi Na’aran Eshhar, who was left braindead after his tank overturned while on reserve duty in Operation Swords of Iron

Fallen IDF soldier's donated organs save Israeli lives

Shoham Ben Harush wanted his organs to have a life-changing impact on others, his father said. In the end, they did.

 Family and friends attend the funeral of Sgt. Shoam Moshe Ben-Harush who died of his wounds after being severely injured in the Hamas terrorist on October 7, 2023, at the Haspin cemetery in northern Israel, on October 27, 2023

One child's tragic death saved four other children's lives through organ donation

A four-year-old boy received the heart; a six-year-old girl got the liver, and the kidneys were given to a four-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. 

 Shoham David Turgeman z”l.

IDF destroys home of Huwara terrorist who murdered Yaniv brothers

Palestinian media reported clashes with Israeli security forces in the Askar refugee camp, where Khaled Harusha's home was located.

Brothers Hillel (Right) and Yigal (Center) Yaniv were killed in a terror attack in Huwara on Sunday, February 26, 2023.

Family of Yaniv brothers meet recipients of their donated, transplanted corneas

The meeting will take place at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva, where the transplant transplants took place. 

 Yaniv family with recipients and medical team who performed cornea transplants