الإنسانية لا تعرف الانتقام: قتل الإسرائيلون طفله فتبرع والده بأعضائه لثلاث فتيات إسرائيليات

Quote: 7 November 2005 ISRAELIS' GIFT OF LIFE.. FROM SHOT PALESTINIAN LAD By Don Mackay THE parents of a Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers have donated his organs to three Israeli girls in urgent need of transplants. Ahmed Khatib, 12, was killed by troops when they raided the West Bank town of Jenin on Thursday. During a shoot-out the soldiers said they mistook him for a militant - only to discover he was carrying a toy rifle. But in an extraordinary gesture of goodwill, the boy's father Ismail donated his organs to three sick Israeli youngsters. And yesterday the girls, two Jewish and the other Druse, had surgery to receive his lungs, heart and liver. Ismail hopes the donation will send a message of peace to Israelis and Palestinians. He added: "I don't mind seeing the organs in the body of an Israeli or a Palestinian." His decision was inspired by memories of his brother, who died aged 24 while waiting for a liver transplant. Israel has a chronic shortage of donor organs. Twelve-year-old Samah Gadban is now recovering in hospital after receiving Ahmed's heart. She had been waiting for a suitable donor for five years. Her dad Riad called the Khatibs' gift a remarkable gesture of love. He added: "I would like for them to think that my daughter is their daughter." A girl aged 14 received Ahmed's lungs and a seven-month-old his liver.