Overview
- A military funeral was held at Kiryat Shaul in Tel Aviv, where Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and U.S. Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper delivered eulogies.
- Neutra, 21, grew up on Long Island and enlisted in the IDF as a lone soldier before being killed on Oct. 7, 2023, with his body taken to Gaza.
- Israel received his remains on Sunday night as part of the exchanges, alongside those of two other soldiers killed in the Oct. 7 attack.
- His parents undertook dozens of trips to Washington to advocate for his return before the military informed them after 14 months that intelligence indicated he had been killed that day.
- Since the ceasefire began, militants have returned 22 bodies and 20 living hostages as Israel transferred 285 Palestinian bodies, with six Israeli hostages’ bodies still in Gaza according to the Red Cross.