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Cohen, Or

Cohen, Or


Or ben Adi and Moshe. He was born on th 2nd of Kislav, Monday, 1 December 1978 in Jerusalem, a twin brother and a younger brother to Yossi and Lasati. In March 1997, Or enlisted in the IDF, where he wanted to serve in one of the elite units of the Nahal Brigade, leaving the nucleus and serving as a combat soldier in the engineering company. His commander, Maj. Aviv Reshef, said: “Or served as a fighter and a liaison with the Assoulin team in an engineering and sabotage unit of the Nahal Brigade. He was a model for a professional, serious and modest fighter who performed his missions in the best possible way. Or was a true friend and was very popular and admired among the crew. ” At the end of the warrior’s course, Or meant to start an officers’ course. On the 1st of Tamuz, Sunday, June 25, 1998, Or fell in a battle in Lebanon, when the team’s fighters passed by Talousa village in the central sector of southern Lebanon, they were hit by the detonation of two IEDs. After his death, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. Or was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl and left behind his parents, brother and two sisters.

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