UNBROKEN in Israel: Ukrainian patients and doctors arrived for experience that will save lives

On July 5, 2026, a Ukrainian delegation of doctors and patients arrived in Israel to participate in an important medical program as part of the UNBROKEN project.

Ukrainian specialists and patients will undergo training and eye prosthetics at the Israeli hospital “Bnei Zion” in Haifa.

This was reported by public activist and volunteer Anna Zharova (Israeli Friends of Ukraine), emphasizing that the project is the result of cooperation between Ukrainian and Israeli doctors, volunteers, public organizations, and diplomatic structures.

In the conditions of war, when Ukraine daily experiences the consequences of Russian shelling, such initiatives are of particular importance. They help not only specific patients but also create a foundation for long-term medical assistance in Ukraine itself.

The main goal of the project is not just to conduct individual operations in Israel, but to transfer Israeli experience to Ukrainian doctors, which can be applied in Lviv in the future.

Israeli experience for Ukrainian medicine

The UNBROKEN project in Lviv has become one of the most well-known Ukrainian centers for the rehabilitation of people affected by the war.

Here they help military and civilians who have received severe injuries, lost limbs, vision, undergone complex surgeries, and need long-term rehabilitation.

Now another important stage is being added to this direction — the development of eye prosthetics with the participation of Israeli specialists.

For patients who have lost an eye or suffered severe facial injuries, prosthetics is not just a medical procedure.

It is a return to normal life.

It is the opportunity to look at oneself in the mirror without pain again.

It is a chance to go out to people, return to family, work, society, and feel not only survived but also restored.

Israeli medicine has long been known for its high level of ophthalmology, reconstructive surgery, and rehabilitation. Therefore, the participation of the “Bnei Zion” hospital in such a project opens an extremely important opportunity for Ukrainian patients and doctors.

Ukraine receives not just help here and now.

Ukraine receives knowledge, technologies, and practical experience that can be applied at home.

Who participates in the project

The organizer of the internship in Israel was the Israeli organization לב אחד — One Heart — Lev Echad.

Israeli Friends of Ukraine joined the organization of events in Israel and volunteer support during operations by invitation.

The project received significant support from the Embassy of Ukraine in Israel, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk, Consul Alex Zernopolsky, as well as the Ukrainian volunteer center “Razom”.

Such partnerships are especially important today.

When doctors, volunteers, diplomats, public organizations, and medical centers work together, help becomes not a one-time action but a real system.

NAnews — Israel News | Nikk.Agency notes that such projects demonstrate the living power of Ukrainian-Israeli cooperation: it is built not only on official meetings but also on concrete actions that change human destinies.

Eye prosthetics center in Lviv

One of the most important results of this program should appear in Ukraine.

According to Anna Zharova, a medical center for eye prosthetics is planned to be created in Lviv in the near future, which will work taking into account Israeli experience and in cooperation with Israeli specialists.

This means that patients in Ukraine will be able to receive specialized assistance closer to home.

For a country that faces the consequences of war daily, such a center is necessary.

Eye and facial injuries are among the most severe consequences of explosions, missile strikes, artillery shelling, and mine-explosive injuries.

Many people after such injuries need not only surgery but also long-term medical, psychological, and social recovery.

The creation of a center in Lviv will allow Ukrainian doctors to develop a new direction, and patients to receive help faster and more accessible.

This is the true value of international cooperation: not just bringing patients for treatment, but helping Ukraine create its own strong medical base.

People’s diplomacy that works

In her post, Anna Zharova wrote that against the backdrop of constant shelling of Ukraine and heavy news, it is especially important to see people who continue to do small and big things.

This phrase very accurately describes the essence of the project.

While the war destroys cities and destinies, volunteers, doctors, and public organizations continue to restore what can be restored.

They seek partners, negotiate with hospitals, find funding, accompany patients, help doctors, and create new opportunities where there were none yesterday.

This is true people’s diplomacy.

Not declarations.

Not loud words.

Not formal photographs.

But concrete help to specific people.

When a Ukrainian patient gets a chance for recovery in an Israeli hospital, and a Ukrainian doctor gains knowledge that will later help dozens and hundreds of patients in Lviv, this is real partnership between countries.

Why this is important for Israel and Ukraine

For Ukraine, the UNBROKEN project in Israel is an opportunity to strengthen its own medicine in one of the most complex areas.

For Israel, it is a chance to showcase its best experience, its medical expertise, and its human solidarity with people affected by the war.

Israel knows what trauma, terror, loss of loved ones, and the need to quickly restore people after severe injuries are.

Ukraine is going through enormous national pain today, and that is why Israeli experience can be especially valuable for it.

Such projects connect the two countries not with slogans, but with deeds.

Doctors pass on knowledge.

Volunteers create conditions.

Diplomats help open doors.

Patients get a chance for recovery.

And in Lviv, a new medical center is gradually forming, which can become part of a large system of assistance to people affected by the war.

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The arrival of the Ukrainian delegation in Israel as part of the UNBROKEN project is a story of support, professionalism, and faith in recovery.

It is a story of how Israeli medicine can help Ukraine not only treat individual patients but also build new medical opportunities within the country.

It is a story of people who do not wait for perfect conditions but continue to do important things.

Thanks to such projects, the word “help” ceases to be abstract.

It becomes an operation, training, a new center, a restored face, returned confidence, and a chance for a person to feel like themselves again.