Shilo Cohen
24 years old
Sderot
Shilo Cohen, 24, of Sderot, was a commander in the elite Shaldag unit and a gifted hands-on builder who taught himself skills such as welding. Home when the October 7 invasion began, he headed out without waiting to be summoned and joined the fighting. In Kibbutz Be’eri, Shilo moved house to house battling Hamas terrorists until he was fatally wounded.
Capt. Shilo Cohen, 24, of Sderot – Team Vommander, Unit 5101 (Shaldag), Israel Air Force.