Yonatan, a survivor of a 2002 terrorist attack, altruistically donated a kidney through Matnat Chaim, only to discover the recipient was the brother of the very man who saved his life in the attack 24 years earlier.

Matnat Chaim had previously been told in December that submissions from Israel and the Palestinian territories were not being processed under a policy introduced in November 2023.

While most of the donors were relatives of patients needing a transplant, for reasons of compatibility, none were able to directly donate to their loved ones.

8-month-old Liel needed an urgent liver transplant and the slain soldier provided his kidney giving the ultimate selfless gift.

After life-saving surgery, donor and recipient run marathon; American immigrant gets Outstanding Volunteer award; from inaugural trip to Israel to Birthright CEO; and much more!

'I feel that she is my sister. Both of us are believers, both of us are religious.'

'At first, my wife thought I was crazy,' Rony Zigler tells ISRAEL21c, 'but as the process went on, she became very supportive.'

The donor, a proud Israeli who seeks to set an example of generosity, was spurred by memories of her late grandfather, a Holocaust survivor.

'Those who decide to donate a kidney are undeniably saving a life,' says one organ recipient.

Treatments using the new approach could help millions of patients by preventing the need for dialysis treatment.

Rabbi Gadot made history in Israel as the first person to donate separate organs to two different people.

Israel and Cyprus signed a treaty that could benefit hundreds of patients in need of kidney in both countries.

Israel’s Collplant is developing plant-based collagen and formulations intended for use as BioInk for 3D printing of tissues and organs; Israel’s HIL Applied Medical developed a safer, focused proton beam lasers to treat tumors, and much more.