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Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
April 21, 2026, 8:49 am
Slain hostage’s mother aims to perpetuate life with son’s posthumously retrieved sperm
‘Hamas and Hitler wanted to destroy us; technology can help us create new life,’ says Iris Haim, mother of Yotam, mistakenly killed by IDF troops after escaping his Gaza captors; a court has ruled that the family can use his sperm for conception
By Diana Bletter
Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
April 10, 2026, 2:44 pm
Judge rules slain hostage’s family may use his sperm with a surrogate
Beersheba family court says Yotam Haim, who was abducted to Gaza and mistakenly killed by troops after escaping Hamas captivity, expressed ‘unequivocal’ desire to have children
By Leon Kraiem
Hadas Levy with her baby, conceived from the sperm of her fiancé, Natanel Silberg, after he was killed in December 2023, fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza. (Courtesy/Hadas Levy)
November 12, 2025, 11:14 am
‘A vast demand’ for posthumous sperm retrieval creates new life – and new questions
Since the start of the war, postmortem sperm retrieval was performed on 250 soldiers and security personnel and on 21 civilians. There’s no national policy to decide what happens next
By Diana Bletter
Sgt. Maor Cohen Eisenkot, 19, of the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on December 8, 2023. (Courtesy)
July 6, 2025, 12:47 am
Court said to approve mom’s request to use fallen soldier son’s sperm to have grandchild
Sharon Eisenkot permitted to use sperm of 19-year-old son Maor, Golani fighter killed in Gaza who was also nephew of ex-IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot
By ToI Staff
Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
March 28, 2025, 4:46 pm
Mother of hostage slain by troops seeks to retrieve son’s sperm to produce grandchild
Iris Haim says she doesn’t want a surrogate to carry child of her son Yotam, but someone who wants to be a mother; jokes she’d be ‘happy with a ginger grandchild’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative -- In this May 15, 2018, photo, a scientist picks up a vial containing frozen donor sperm samples in a lab in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
October 12, 2023, 10:22 am
Embryologists inundated with requests for sperm retrieval from the fallen and dead
Wives and parents of young men killed since Saturday seek posthumous procedure in bid to preserve legacy of loved ones — but for some, it is too late
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. In vitro fertilization (IVF) of an egg cell. (iStock by Getty Images/ man_at_mouse)
October 28, 2019, 8:14 am
Israeli court okays posthumous use of sperm despite man’s request to destroy it
Cancer victim’s relatives insisted he signed the request in distraction, argued it was their only opportunity to continue the family line
By ToI Staff
Fertility specialist Dr David Smotrich in 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 9, 2018, 3:47 pm
Jewish doctor uses sperm taken 3 days after man’s death to give him heir
In highly unusual case, UK couple harvested son’s sperm and created a grandson using a donor egg and a surrogate, sidestepping several legal issues
By ToI Staff
A photo of Asher and Irit Shahar with their son Omri taken before Omri's death in June 2012. (Courtesy)
January 31, 2017, 1:57 pm
Couple suffers setback in bid for grandchild from sperm of late soldier son
Irit and Asher Shahar vow to continue legal battle after state wins appeal against earlier precedent-setting ruling in their favor
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A photo of Asher and Irit Shahar with their son Omri taken before Omri's death in June 2012. (Courtesy)
November 16, 2016, 8:10 pm
Israeli couple wins right to produce and raise grandchild from fallen soldier son’s sperm
Irit and Asher Shahar set world precedent in fight to create progeny from naval officer son’s posthumously retrieved sperm. Omri spoke many times about wanting a large family, say parents
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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