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Funeral Held for Long Island's Omer Neutra, Killed in 2023 Hamas Attack

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The Israeli-American soldier was killed in the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
Memorial services were held on Tuesday in New York for Omer Neutra, a 21-year-old Israeli American soldier who Israel says was killed in Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The memorial took place at a synagogue on Long Island, where Neutra grew up and where his family has lived for many years.
Neutra, a dual Israeli-U.S. citizen, was initially believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas during the assault on the Nova Music Festival, which triggered the latest outbreak of violence in the region.
However, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Monday that he was not taken alive by the militant group.What Happened to Omer Neutra?
The IDF said Neutra had been killed during the attack on the Nova Music Festival and that his body was taken into Gaza, where it remains to this day.

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