Tens of thousands of people attend the funeral of American-Israeli lone soldier First Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli who died Sunday morning in Gaza along with 12 others from the Golani Brigade.
Israel’s Channel 10 reported that some 18,000 people were there while Army Radio put the figure at over 20,000.
Earlier today, the Facebook page of the Maccabi Haifa team published a post asking people to attend the slain soldier’s funeral in the city’s military cemetery tonight. Carmeli was a fan of the team.
“Sean Carmeli,” reads the post, “was a lone soldier and we don’t want his funeral to be empty.” The post invites people “to come give final honors to a hero who was killed so that we can live.
“That’s the least we can do for him and for our people,” the Maccabi Haifa post says.
https://www.facebook.com/MaccabiH/photos/a.101941432290.92394.8066527290/10152257117497291/?type=1
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