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Article: Kidney of Jewish teen killed in suicide bombing donated to 7-year old Palestinian girl.(Brief Article)
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- Transplant News
- Article date:
- September 27, 2002
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A 7-year-old Palestinian girl who had been on dialysis for the past 2 years is reported to be recovering after receiving a kidney donated by a Jewish teenager killed in a September 5 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Yasmin Abu Ramila, a resident of Jerusalem received the kidney of Jonathan Jesner, a 19-year-old seminary student from Glasgow, Scotland, a day after he was killed in a Tel Aviv suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic militant group Hamas.
Ari Jesner, the victim's brother, said, "The most important thing is that life was given to another human being," adding that the recipient's religion or ...