Omer Neutra

'Today you are finally home': Oz Daniel laid to rest after two years in Hamas captivity

Thousands of people, including family, friends, and military officials, gathered Thursday for Sergeant Major Oz Daniel's funeral. Attendees included President Herzog, MK Benny Gantz, Gal Hirsch.

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Family and friends attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Oz Daniel, at the military cemetery in Kfar Saba, February, 2024.
Steve Witkoff, US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), and Jared Kushner, during a press conference following a military briefing at the Civilian Military Coordination Center in southern Israel on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.

US CENTCOM head to speak at slain Israeli-American hostage Omer Neutra's funeral

Admiral Cooper will be the highest-ranking American official to deliver remarks at the funeral of an Israeli hostage murdered by Hamas.

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Hostage families hold a picture of slain hostage Omer Neutra and yellow balloons on October 18, 2025.

Neutra, Daniel families urge PM to 'act with same determination' to return all slain hostages

"It is being done," Netanyahu told them, saying that he is "determined to return all the fallen hostages for proper burial."

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Omer Neutra.

Who was Omer Neutra, young American hero returned from Gaza captivity? - explainer

Omer Neutra, a lone soldier from New York, grandson of Holocaust survivors, and avid sports fan, was finally brought to Israel to recieve a proper burial.

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Omer Neutra's parents: Facing the impossible struggle for closure and certainty - opinion

In an op-ed written for the 'Post,' Omer Neutra's parents Ronen and Orna speak on fighting with everything they have for something no parent should ever have to fight for.

OCTOBER 31, 2025ByRONEN, ORNA NEUTRA
THE WRITERS take part in a vigil and news conference marking two years since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, at the Kennedy Center in Washington this month. ‘We are fighting with everything we have for something no parent should ever have to fight for,’ they assert.

'No rest until remains returned': US officials meet slain American-Israeli hostages' families

Rubio told the families, according to N12, that the US is examining different avenues for how to increase direct and indirect pressure on Hamas to ensure their loved ones are returned. 

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Families of slain American-Israeli hostages Itay Chen and Omer Neutra with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, October 25, 2025.