Organ donation

Family of Israeli killed in Thailand announces organ donations, saving four lives

Cohen was injured in an accident in the city of Chiang Mai, where he was pronounced dead. He was transported back to Israel at his family's request.

Yuval Cohen
THE TEAM OF surgeons at Rabin Medical Center during the small intestine transplant surgery on Daniel Haim Biton.

New intestinal transplant procedure will allow patient to truly eat for the first time in 17 years

Gal Alush, widow of Dani z"l.

Beyond the headlines: Kidney donation record shows we all have something to give - opinion

From right: Dvora Sherer and Tatyana Mazarsky

For the first time in Israel: Bill proposed to mark Organ Donation Day on the calendar


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

Majority of Israelis would be willing to donate organs, study finds

The Israeli public's willingness to donate organs is now at 60%. The rest are mainly held back by the religious factor.

Hands holding green organ transplant awareness ribbon (illustrative).

Grapevine: Running a receipt

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 KIDNEY RECIPIENT Guy Dimery and donor Yael Keller are once again up and running.

Friends of Sheba gala raises NIS 10m. for Israel's largest hospital

The event saw a record number of 1,400 guests come to visit Israel's Sheba Medical Center, including high-profile Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar.

 Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, Director General of of Sheba Medical Center, is seen alongside Mohamed Alabbar at the Friends of Sheba gala.

Judaism and organ donation: Is respiratory brain death considered death?

Within the Israeli religious-Zionist community, we strongly encourage organ donation and signing an Israeli organ donation card. Many haredim, however, disagree and Diaspora rabbis are divided.

 THE CHILDREN of terror victim Lucy Dee meet the recipient of her organs – and listen to their mother’s donated heart.