Staff Sergeant Oren Simcha Noach
Staff Sergeant Oren Simcha Noach served in the Golani Brigade. He was killed on Sunday, July 20, when the APC he and his squad were traveling in was caught in an antitank ambush in Shejaiya. Noach had lived in Hoshaya since age 13. A Facebook page dedicated to his memorial read, “Oren, the thousands of people who came [to the funeral] demonstrated the mark you left behind in this world. From everywhere in the country, from abroad, all colors of berets from the army, from preparatory school and from life.” He is survived by his parents, two brothers, and one sister. He was 22 years old.