captain Tzvi Kaplan
Captain Tzvi Kaplan was an operations officer in the Golani Brigade. He was a member of the elite Pulsar Golani reconnaissance platoon. He died in Gaza during a firefight on Sunday, July 20. Just a few months before his death, Kaplan was scheduled to become a company commander in the Golani Brigade. He is survived by his wife and two sons. They lived together in Kibbutz Merav on Mount Gilboa. He was 28 years old.