Palestinian boy donates his organs to Israeli children

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot by Israeli occupation soldiers while he was playing with a toy gun has died of his wounds. The family donates his organs to Israeli children. Ahmad Ismail Khatib was shot last week while Israeli forces were carrying out a raid on Jenin in the West Bank.

His organs helped save the lives of six israeli patients. His heart was given to a 12-year-old girl; his liver was divided in two and given to two patients, a six-month old baby and a 56-year-old woman; his kidneys were given to a 5-year-old boy and his lungs were given to a 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, Israel Radio reported... Haaretz - Israel News

Dr Tzvi Ben-Yishai, a spokesman for Rambam Hospital in Haifa, said the boy's parents had decided to donate his organs "to bring hearts closer and bring peace closer".

Ahmed’s uncle, told YnetNews that “.. We want to donate his organs to all the children of Israel whom we consider our children...”

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