Hypnosis can reduce anxiety, shorten recovery time, and even serve as a pain management tool for PTSD patients and those suffering from chronic conditions.

Officials hailed the achievement as 'a milestone in patient-centered neurosurgery' and described it as a 'medical breakthrough.'

'It’s quite remarkable,' says pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Guy Elor. 'Two days after the surgery, the boy is eating, talking and moving his limbs.'

With Palestinian hospitals unqualified to treat the boy, Israeli doctors stepped in to save the boy's life.