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Parents of slain IDF soldier Omer Neutra mark three years since Oct 7 massacre in mourning

10/8/2026

Ronen and Orna Neutra are marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack by mourning their son, Omer Neutra, whose remains were returned to Israel on Nov.

The couple spent 421 days believing their 21-year-old son was alive in captivity before learning he had been killed during the initial assault.

Omer Neutra, a Long Island native and grandson of Holocaust survivors, enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces after high school. Hamas terrorists attacked his tank near the Gaza border on Oct.

7, 2023, killing him and taking his remains into Gaza.