Earlier in April, Israeli military commanders sat outside of his home after he heard a blow on his door. Suddenly he knew that his brother, Reef, a 20-year-old man who had been sent to Gaza, was useless. The officers informed him of the media, but they also inquired unanticipated:” Do you want doctors to remove and defrost his brother’s sperm?” Mr. Harush found comfort in the idea of keeping his child’s life memory. He was devastated by his grief. He immediately agreed. ” It was something to hold on to, knowing that we would be able to include Reef’s child”, Mr. Harush said. More than a year has passed since the Israeli-Hamas battle began. The incidents can be counted — 43, 000 Palestinians, 1, 200 Israelis on Oct. 7 last year and some 400 troops since — but each individual damage creates an enormous opening, leaving families bereaved and communities shattered. Children become children, girls become widows and families are left single. However, since the start of the war, the defense and the government have developed a new protocol that offers hope to bereaved families in Israel. When a soldier’s family is informed of their passing, the Israeli military now has the option of having doctors extract and preserve the deceased’s sperm, a method that was n’t widely used prior to the war. It’s a determine unfathomable to grieving individuals in Gaza, where Israel’s military campaign has almost destroyed Gaza’s wellness program, with hospitals “minimally useful” and doctors performing procedure without anesthesia. Ethics- and legal tussles have erupted as a result of the possibility of a new generation born from military damage. The post articles is retrievable with difficulty. In your browser’s settings, kindly help Browser. Thank you for your patience while exposure is verified. If you are in Audience mode please leave and log into your Times accounts, or listen for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while exposure is verified. Now a subscription? Register in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.