{"id":25778,"date":"2025-06-05T14:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=25778"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:05:37","slug":"after-military-operation-soldier-gives-the-gift-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/after-military-operation-soldier-gives-the-gift-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"After Military Operation Soldier Gives the Gift of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A., a 21-year-old combat soldier in the Golani Reconnaissance Unit, shared an extraordinary story of heroism when he donated bone marrow to a 5-year-old girl battling leukemia. A. had enlisted in the IDF and, during the recruitment process at the military induction center (Bakum), provided a saliva sample for Hadassah Ein Kerem\u2019s bone marrow registry. At the time, he had no idea that this simple act would one day make him a lifesaving donor. He received the emotional news of a genetic match with the girl just after returning from a military operation in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emergency Deployment to Gaza<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWhen I got out of Gaza, I got the call from Hadassah,\u201d A. recalled. \u201cI didn\u2019t fully grasp the magnitude of what it meant until I spoke with my family and they explained its significance.\u201d He remembered that while engaged in military activity, he had been redeployed to Gaza. Upon learning he was a match, he informed his commander and received approval to leave for the medical procedure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Life-Saving Donation<\/strong><br \/>\nThe donation was carried out at Hadassah, where he underwent a safe and simple bone marrow extraction procedure involving a sample taken from the pelvic bone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe donation itself isn\u2019t dangerous,\u201d explained Prof. Reuven Or, a hematology specialist and director of Hadassah\u2019s bone marrow donor registry. \u201cEven though it\u2019s a medical procedure, it can save the lives of patients\u2014especially in cases like this, involving a young girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25781\" style=\"width: 1150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/life-saving-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"1098\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/life-saving-2.webp 1150w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/life-saving-2-300x286.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/life-saving-2-1024x978.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/life-saving-2-768x733.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo | Hadassah Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A Donor from the Heart<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Hadassah registry, named after the late Eli Elkobi, has successfully located several IDF soldiers as suitable donors during the war. Some, like A., were summoned to donate. \u201cIsrael\u2019s younger generation, particularly IDF soldiers, continue to show they are a generation that gives from the heart,\u201d said Ofra Elkobi, manager of the Hadassah bone marrow registry.<\/p>\n<p>A. is now recovering from the procedure and is feeling well.<br \/>\n\u201cI feel great,\u201d he said enthusiastically. \u201cKnowing I saved someone\u2019s life is something I can\u2019t stop thinking about. It\u2019s simply incredible.\u201d He added that he hopes to meet the girl in the future, if her family chooses to arrange it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Act Doesn\u2019t End Here<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cAfter a short rest,\u201d A. said, \u201cI\u2019m going back to my team and resuming my military service.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Golani Reconnaissance Unit soldier who took part in an operational mission in Gaza donated bone marrow to a young girl after submitting a saliva sample to the Hadassah Hospital donor registry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,77,85],"tags":[6397,6398,1475],"class_list":["post-25778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-idf","category-positive-moment","tag-bone-marrow-transplants","tag-hadassa-medical-center","tag-idf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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