Aviad Cohen
41 years old
Moshav Pri Gan
Aviad, 41, was a husband and father of six who helped pioneer the small community of Shlomit. A former Golani reconnaissance soldier and longtime reservist, he worked for Mekorot overseeing water supplies in the western Negev. His family and colleagues remembered him as generous, dependable, funny and the glue of his family—the person who would drive an hour just to help hang a shelf.
Killed battling the Hamas attack on Moshav Pri Gan on October 7