Organ donation

Four Israeli children saved in organ transplant marathon

The four transplants were a liver into a 9-year-old girl; a kidney into an 18-year-old woman; another kidney into a two-and-a-half-year-old boy; and a heart into a three-and-half-year-old.

CLALIT SCHNEIDER Children's Medical Center.
Staff Sgt. (Res.) Effi Ben-Yakar.

'Always put others first': IDF reservist who died while on leave saves four with organ transplants

 An illustrative image of surgeons conducting surgery.

January sets record for organ transplants in Israel with 54 procedures

Amram Hazan, a lung transplant recipient with Dr. Dror Rosengarten, Deputy Head of the Pulmonology Institute at RMC, and Dr. Osnat Livneh Streichman- Head of the Pulmonology Institute at RMC.

History in Israel: Rabin Medical performs countries 1,000th lung transplant


GWR resumes accepting submissions from Israel, to recognize record of Israeli kidney donation org

This also marks the first Israeli record since the Guinness World Records resumed accepting submissions from Israel on January 15.

The Israeli voluntary kidney donation organization Matnat Chaim set a new world record for the largest gathering of organ donors in history, marking the achievement with an event on January 26, 2026.

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

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

If the surgery is declared successful, Daniel Haim Biton's stoma will be closed, and he will be able to live normally without medical devices or dietary restrictions.

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

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

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Gal Alush, widow of Dani z"l.

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

MK Tatyana Mazarsky submitted a bill to establish a national Organ Donation Day to raise awareness, expand signatories, and save lives.

From right: Dvora Sherer and Tatyana Mazarsky

'Disregard for sanctity of life': US cracks down on organs harvested from living patients

One man from Kentucky was wrongfully declared brain dead and woke up as his organs were being harvested.

 An illustrative image of surgeons conducting surgery.

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).

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

Her unborn child was delivered by emergency C-section and remains in critical condition.

 Tzeela Gez, the pregnant woman wounded in a terror attack and succumbed to her wounds, May 15, 2025.

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

Rebecca Baruch’s organ donation gave 10-year-old Rana a second chance at life, bringing two families together.

 Captain Rebecca Henrietta Johanna Baruch z"l.

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

For a little over $3,000, Myanmar's poor are selling their organs.

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.