Aviad Gad Cohen

Sergeant (res.) Aviad Gad Cohen, z"l, was a member of the civil defense standby squad in Moshav Shlomit. Aviad z"l, with his friends Uriel Bibi, Reuven Shishportish and Bachur Sweid z"l, members of the Shlomit First Response Squad left their homes at half past six in the morning to the nearby community of Pri Gan to defend the community. They were heroes each and every one of them and saved all the residents of the community with their bodies but were killed in clashes with terrorists.He was called up to help defend the residents of nearby Moshav Peri Gan, where he died fighting off the terrorists. 

Together with two members of the standby unit, they arrived first without an army at all, and began to wage a battle against the terrorists. They stopped the terrorists with their bodies and in a heroic battle saved the moshav of Peri Gan. Not a single person was killed or abducted in Peri Gan.