Aaron Cohen (counterterrorist)
| Aaron Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 February 1976 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Allegiance |
 Israel
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| Service/branch |
 Israel Defense Forces
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| Years of service | 1995–1998 |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant (סמל ראשון (סמ"ר |
| Unit | Duvdevan Special Forces Counter-Terrorist Unit |
| Other work | writer, director, actor, author, private military contractor, security consultant, news commentator |
Aaron Cohen (born 28 February 1976) is an Israeli-American writer, director, actor, author and former Duvdevan Special Forces soldier specializing in counter-terrorism and best known for his international bestselling memoir Brotherhood of Warriors.
Cohen was born to a Jewish family in Montreal, Quebec. His parents divorced when he was young and the family moved to Miami, where his mother believed she could advance her career as a screenwriter and producer. She remarried to film producer Abby Mann, moving with Aaron and his sister to Beverly Hills. Although raised in a non-religious household, he decided to study for his Bar Mitzvah and obtaining his mother's permission, moved to live with his father in Montreal for a year. He then spent the next several years shuttling between California, Canada, and Florida. For secondary school he attended the Robert Land Academy, a military academy in Canada, and graduated Beverly Hills High School in 1995.
After high school, Cohen left Los Angeles for Israel, working on a kibbutz before enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces. After passing the gibush (Hebrew: consolidation), a demanding screening process for elite unit candidates, Cohen was one of the few non-Sabra volunteers accepted. In the mid-1990s, he became a member of the undercover Duvdevan Unit (Hebrew: דובדבן; lit. cherry) of the IDF Commando Brigade, performing counter-terror operations targeting suspects among the Palestinian Arab population in the West Bank. Aaron Cohen also worked for the Mossad in their covert black operations during his time serving in the Israeli Special Forces.
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