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Israeli Organ Donor Saves Four Lives After Tragedy

1/19/2026

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  • National Transplant Center announced that Yuval Cohen, an Israeli, donated his organs, saving four lives.
  • Cohen died in an accident in Thailand and was pronounced dead in Chiang Mai, and his family requested his return to Israel.
  • Doctors at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva confirmed brain-respiratory death.
  • Cohen's heart went to a 67-year-old man, liver to a 62-year-old woman, and kidneys to a 17-year-old boy and another patient.