The soldier donated a kidney in June.
The left-ventrical-assist device (LVAD) helps pump blood from the lower left heart chamber, called the left ventricle, to the rest of the body.
The truth came to light as the man underwent compatibility tests to determine his suitability as a kidney donor for his wife.
The meeting will take place at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva, where the transplant transplants took place.
The Israeli public's willingness to donate organs is now at 60%. The rest are mainly held back by the religious factor.
Within the Israeli religious-Zionist community, we strongly encourage organ donation and signing an Israeli organ donation card. Many haredim, however, disagree and Diaspora rabbis are divided.
Though it is critical to survival, no one wants to be part of a discussion surrounding transplants - because no one wants to need them.
British-Israeli terror victim Lucy Dee’s organs were transplanted before burial, saving the lives of five people.
Dee was murdered alongside her daughters, Maia and Rina, in a shooting attack near Hamra in the Jordan Valley last Friday.
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