Her parents’ house at Kibbutz Be’eri was burned but the shelter was intact and there were no bodies found in it. There were strong signs that at least some had been taken hostage. “He was hoping for a peaceful weekend to relax a little bit.”įor days after the brutal Hamas attack, Shaked Haran sought any clues she could about the fate of her missing parents, sister, little niece and nephew, two aunts, an uncle, a cousin - 10 family members in all, spanning three generations. “He was tired - motivated but tired - after a few weeks of lots of action on the border,” Ronen said. Omer was looking forward to Shabbat, which on that weekend was also the start of a weeklong celebration of the harvest season in Israel. 6, the night before the incursion, as he patrolled the Gaza border. The Neutras last spoke to their son on Oct. Omer, Ronen said, was offered admission to the State University of New York at Binghamton - but instead deferred, took a gap year and then moved to Israel to join the army. He lists Omer’s leadership positions as captain of the basketball, soccer and volleyball teams at the Schechter School of Long Island, as well as a regional president of United Synagogue Youth. Also a dual citizen, he attended a conservative Jewish school and “knew all of the statistics of the New York Knicks,” Ronen said. 11, 2001, attacks, the son of Israeli-born parents. Omer Neutra was born in Manhattan a month after the Sept. The scene is a glimpse of the difficult limbo in which the Neutras find themselves as they and the families of more than 200 other Israeli hostages - and dozens more people who remain missing - await word on their loved ones’ fates, with hope. They did not blow out the candle flames, because, they said, Omer wasn’t there to do so. 14, the family took a break from doing what they can to secure Omer’s release by celebrating his birthday. They were told he was seen on video footage released by Hamas.Īt their home in the U.S. Israeli officials told his parents that Hamas took Neutra and his unit hostage, Orna and Ronen Neutra said in a telephone interview. Omer Neutra, an Israeli soldier, turned 22 seven days after Hamas ′ attack on Israel on Oct. A small forest of candles melted into the chocolate icing of a birthday cake in New York’s Long Island last week, but the guest of honor wasn’t there.
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