First Sergeant Gal Bason
First Sgt. Gal Bason was a combat soldier in the Engineering Corps. He was killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip on July 26. Before Bason joined the army, he went to Germany with Israelis and Palestinians as part of an event that nurtured coexistence. He is survived by his parents and two siblings. Bason was from Holon. He was 21 years old.