As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2003.

                                                           Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                               GIVEN IMAGING LTD.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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             Israel                                         Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

     13 Ha'Yetzira Street
         Yoqneam 20692
           Israel                                          Not Applicable
     (Address of Principal                                   (Zip Code)
       Executive Offices)

                    Given Imaging Ltd. 2003 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
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                              c/o Nancy L. S. Sousa
                               Given Imaging, Inc.
                           Oakbrook Technology Center
                         5555 Oakbrook Parkway, No. 355
                               Norcross, GA 30093
                                 (770) 662-0870
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                          Copies of communications to:

  Edward R. Neaher, Jr., Esq.                   Michael Zellermayer, Adv.
      White & Case LLP                    Zellermayer, Pelossof & Co., Advocates
  601 Thirteenth Street, N.W.                        Rubenstein House
       Suite 600 South                                20 Lincoln Street
    Washington, D.C. 20005                           Tel Aviv 67134
     Tel: (202) 626-3600                                 Israel
                                               Tel: (011) 972-3-625-5555
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                                       Proposed maximum     Proposed maximum
  Title of securities to be registered                Amount to be      offering price     aggregate offering      Amount of
                                                     registered (1)(2)    per share              price          registration fee
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<S>                                                     <C>                 <C>                <C>                   <C>
Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.05 per share           1,500,000           $12.88(3)          $19,320,000           $1,563
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(1)  This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Ordinary Shares which become issuable under the Registrant's 2003
     Stock Option Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected
     without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares.
(2)  Represents the registration of Ordinary Shares of Given Imaging Ltd. issuable pursuant under the Registrant's 2003 Stock
     Option Plan pursuant to the exercise of options that may be granted thereunder.
(3)  Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) on the basis of the
     average of the high and low prices ($13.18 and $12.58) of an Ordinary Share as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on July
     30, 2003 with respect to ordinary shares reserved for issuance pursuant to options to be issued in the future.
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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.*

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

*    The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
(plan information and registration information and employee plan annual
information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are
not required to be and are not filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act. The Registrant will provide a written statement to
participants advising them of the availability without charge, upon written or
oral request, of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of
this Registration Statement and including the statement in the preceding
sentence. The written statement to all participants will indicate the
availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of other documents
required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b), and will include the address
and telephone number to which the request is to be directed.

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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents filed by Given Imaging Ltd. (the "Company") are
incorporated herein by reference:

     (i) The Company's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on
April 4, 2003.

     (ii) The Company's reports on Form 6-K filed on February 18, 2003, May 1,
2003, May 16, 2003, June 19, 2003, and July 31, 2003.

     (iii) The description of the Company's ordinary shares contained in Item 1
of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on August
28, 2001.

     In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all securities
offered have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained herein or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Under the Israeli Companies Law, an Israeli company may indemnify an office
holder in respect of certain liabilities either in advance of an event or
following an event provided a provision authorizing such indemnification is
inserted in its articles of association. The Company's articles of association
contain such an authorization. An undertaking by an Israeli company to indemnify
an office holder must be limited to foreseeable liabilities and reasonable
amounts determined by the board of directors. A company may indemnify an office
holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts performed as an
office holder:

     o    a financial liability imposed on him or her in favor of another person
          pursuant to a judgment, settlement or arbitrator's award approved by
          court; and
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     o    reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by
          the office holder or imposed by a court in proceedings instituted
          against him or her by the company, on its behalf or by a third party,
          in connection with criminal proceedings in which the office holder was
          acquitted or as a result of a conviction for a crime that does not
          require proof of criminal intent.

     An Israeli company may insure an office holder against the following
liabilities incurred for acts performed as an office holder:

     o    a breach of duty of loyalty to the company, to the extent that the
          office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to
          believe that the act would not prejudice the company;

     o    a breach of duty of care to the company or to a third party; and

     o    a financial liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third
          party.

     An Israeli company may not indemnify or insure an office holder against any
of the following:

     o    a breach of duty of loyalty, except to the extent that the office
          holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that
          the act would not prejudice the company;

     o    a breach of duty of care committed intentionally or recklessly;

     o    an act or omission committed with intent to derive illegal personal
          benefit; or

     o    a fine levied against the office holder.

     Under the Israeli Companies Law indemnification and insurance of office
holders must be approved by the Company's audit committee and board of directors
and, in respect of the Company's directors, by its shareholders.

     The Company's articles of association allow it to exculpate, indemnify and
insure its office holders to the fullest extent permitted by the Companies Law.
The Company's office holders are currently covered by a directors and officers'
liability insurance policy, which covers the period from April 1998 to September
2004 and has an aggregate claim limit of $10.0 million. In addition, the policy
provides an additional $20.0 million of coverage effective until October 2,
2003.

     The Company has entered into agreements with each of its office holders
undertaking to exculpate, indemnify and insure them to the fullest extent
permitted by law, including with respect to liabilities resulting from this
offering. This indemnification is limited to events and amounts determined as
foreseeable by the board of directors, and the insurance is subject to the
Company's discretion depending on its availability, effectiveness and cost. In
the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, however,
indemnification of directors and office holders for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act is against public policy and therefore unenforceable.

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Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     The exhibits listed on the exhibit index at the end of this Registration
Statement are included in this Registration Statement.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     The undersigned Registrant, Given Imaging Ltd., hereby undertakes:

     (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

          (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
     the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
     post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
     registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
     decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
     securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
     deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
     may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
     price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
     offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
     the effective registration statement; and

          (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
     material change to such information in this registration statement.

     provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
     information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
     paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
     pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
     incorporated by reference in this registration statement;

     (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof;

     (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering; and

     (4) that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act and each filing of each Plan's annual report pursuant
to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in

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this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Yoqneam, Israel on this 4th day of August, 2003

                                                    GIVEN IMAGING LTD.

                                                    By:/s/Gavriel Meron
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                                                       Gavriel Meron
                                                       President and Chief
                                                       Executive Officer

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Gavriel Meron, Zvi Ben David and Yoram Ashery,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

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      Name                                      Title                            Date
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<S>                                <C>                                        <C>
                                     President and Chief Executive
      /s/Gavriel Meron             Officer (Principal Executive Officer)      August 4, 2003
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       Gavriel Meron

                                     Chief Financial Officer (Principal
     /s/Zvi Ben David                 Financial and Accounting Officer)       August 4, 2003
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      Zvi Ben David

    /s/Nancy L. S. Sousa               United States Representative           August 4, 2003
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     Nancy L. S. Sousa

     /s/Doron Birger                 Chairman of the Board of Director        August 4, 2003
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       Doron Birger

    /s/James M. Cornelius                       Director                      August 4, 2003
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      James M. Cornelius

    /s/Michael Grobstein                        Director                      August 4, 2003
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      Michael Grobstein

   /s/Jonathan Silverstein                      Director                      August 4, 2003
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    Jonathan Silverstein

     /s/Giora Shalgi                            Director                      August 4, 2003
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      Giora Shalgi

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      Name                                       Title                             Date
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<S>                                <C>                                        <C>
       /s/Reuven Baron                          Director                      August 4, 2003
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       Reuven Baron

      /s/Dalia Megiddo                          Director                      August 4, 2003
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       Dr. Dalia Megiddo

      /s/Chen Barir                             Director                      August 4, 2003
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       Chen Barir

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.    Description

4.1            Articles of Association of the Registrant, incorporated by
               reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registration Statement on Form
               F-1 (File No. 333-68142) filed with the Commission on August 22,
               2001.

4.2            Specimen share certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
               4.1 of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No.
               333-68142) filed with the Commission on August 22, 2001.

5.1            Opinion of Zellermayer, Pelossof & Co., Advocates, Israeli
               counsel to the Company as to the validity of the ordinary shares
               (including consent).

23.1           Consent of KPMG Somekh Chaikin, independent accountants.

23.2           Consent of Zellermayer, Pelossof & Co., Advocates, Israeli
               counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1           Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this
               Registration Statement).

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