Captain Natan Cohen
First Lieutenant Natan Cohen was a platoon commander in the Armored Corps. He was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday July 23. Cohen celebrated his 23rd birthday just the week before he was killed. His Facebook page, filled with birthday wishes, was soon filled with messages of sorrow and despair. He was planning to marry his girlfriend of five years. Cohen was from Modi’in. He was 23 years old.