Yehudit Cohen

Mar 12, 2002 - Yehudit Cohen, 33, of Shlomi was one of six Israelis killed when two terrorists opened fire from an ambush on Israeli vehicles traveling between Shlomi and Kibbutz Metzuba near the northern border with Lebanon.

The two gunmen, dressed in IDF uniforms and armed with Kalashnikov and M-16 rifles and grenades, hid in undergrowth at the side of the road and opened fire on vehicles heading toward Kibbutz Metzuba around 12.30 P.M. Israeli forces killed the two gunmen and carried out wide-scale searches for additional terrorists. Six Israelis were killed and 7 wounded in the attack. Yehudit was on her way from work to pick up her 7-year-old son from school when she was killed.

Yehudit grew up in Nahariya. After marrying Ronen Cohen, they lived in the Haifa area. They moved to the town of Shlomi in the Upper Galilee four years ago, for ideological reasons.

Yehudit Cohen completed a Masters degree in mathematics at the Technion in Haifa. She taught mathematics at the Technion, and also taught math and computer programming in Ma'alot and elsewhere in the Galilee. Friends describe her as a very happy, generous, good-hearted, gentle and friendly person. "Everyone who knew Yehudit simply admired her," said her husband, Ronen.

Yehudit Cohen was buried in Shlomi. She is survived by her parents, her sister (27), her husband, and her son, Daniel (7).