A lot is left out in the following BBC article. Was the organ-trafficking ring preying mostly on poor Israeli Jews or on poor Israeli Arabs? Did the female victim come from upper or lower Nazareth? Were the organ-traffickers all Israeli or were non-Israeli Jewish communities involved?
A retired army brigadier general is among six suspects arrested by Israeli police investigating an organ-trafficking ring, police say.
The organisation offered as much as $100,000 (£65,600) for kidneys, which were transplanted by doctors in poor countries, a sting operation uncovered.
Police said they had been "shocked" by the extent of the smuggling ring.
Retired Gen Meir Zamir, arrested in connection with the trafficking, won a medal of valour in the Yom Kippur War.
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