Organ donation

Israeli surgeons complete robotic lung transplant without fully opening chest, spreading ribs

The new, robotic method requires only small incisions in the chest to allow robotic technology to connect the transplanted lung to the patient's blood vessels and airways. 

Robotic lung transplant surgery at Clalit-Beilinson Hospital
Medical team performing surgery

Man receives human kidney transplant after surviving 271 days with gene-edited pig organ

Three-and-a-half-year-old Rafael and his mother beside the Berlin Heart device following one of the surgeries he underwent at Clalit's Schneider Children's Medical Center.

Kafr Kassem girl's organ saves Jerusalem boy in life-saving heart transplant

Medical team performing surgery

IDF soldier killed in Lebanon's organ donation saves six patients simultaneously


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.

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.