The IDF announced this morning (Thursday) the deaths of Staff Sergeant (Res.) Nadav Cohen, 21, from Moshav Beit Hanan, and Sergeant First Class Nachman Rafael Ben Ami, 20, from Eilat. Both were combat soldiers in the Golani Brigade\u2019s 51st Battalion. Additionally, one soldier sustained serious injuries, and seven others were moderately to lightly wounded.<\/p>\n
He Brought So Much Light: Remembering Nadav Cohen<\/strong> Amit and his nephew Nadav spoke daily, and he recalled: “Every time he could come home, we would drive to pick him up\u2014whether he was up north or down south. This is so heartbreaking. I just hope he will be the last child we lose in this journey.”<\/p>\n Crane Collapse in IDF Base\u2014Military Police to Investigate<\/strong> Two soldiers from Golani Brigade\u2019s 51st Battalion were killed in a crane collapse in Northern Gaza; another soldier seriously injured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,88,6],"tags":[1476,2075,1475,2239],"class_list":["post-14599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-will-remember","category-security","tag-gaza","tag-golani-brigade","tag-idf","tag-iron-swords"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n“He brought us so much light and joy\u2014he was like my own son. I already miss his jokes, I miss him. I can’t look at his pictures, I couldn’t even look at the one released for publication,” said his uncle, Amit Cohen, in an interview with Ynet. Amit Cohen shared that the family lives in Beit Hanan as a close-knit “tribe”\u2014all siblings and parents together\u2014which made him feel deeply connected to Nadav. He continued his eulogy: “He was our child, the eldest of our tribe in Moshav Beit Hanan. The first child born to us here\u2014and we lost him last night. Nothing can fill a hole like this.”<\/p>\n
\nA military crane collapsed in the northern section of Gaza’s new security buffer zone, striking soldiers inside a structure in an IDF post. The serious safety incident occurred just before midnight, and initial reports suggest that the IDF Military Police (CID) may also be involved in the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"