A birthday gift: Israeli woman donates kidney to Gaza boy
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An Israeli woman has donated a kidney that ended up going to a 3-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip
ESHHAR, Israel -- Idit Harel Segal was turning 50, and she had chosen a gift: She was going to give one of her own kidneys to a stranger. The kindergarten teacher from northern Israel, a proud Israeli, hoped her choice would set an example of generosity in a land of perpetual conflict. She was spurred by memories of her late grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, who told her to live meaningfully, and by Jewish tradition, which holds that there’s no higher duty than saving a life. So Segal contacted a group that links donors and recipients, launching a nine-month process to transfer her kidney to someone who needed one. That someone turned out to be a 3-year-old Palestinian boy from the Gaza Strip.More Related News