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Omer Neutra

Clockwise from top left: Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel, Shaked Dahan, Nimrod Cohen. (Courtesy, IDF, Channel 12 screenshot)
September 16, 2026, 8:30 pm
IDF says Hamas commander who took tank soldiers captive on Oct. 7 killed in Gaza airstrike
The military says Jihad Samih Mahmoud abducted Israeli-American Omer Neutra, along with Shaked Dahan, Nimrod Cohen and Oz Daniel
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Ronen Neutra speaks at the funeral of his son Captain Omer Neutra, a tank platoon commander who was killed battling invading Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and his body abducted to Gaza, at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, in Tel Aviv, on November 7, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
November 7, 2025, 4:45 pm
‘An American heart with an Israeli soul’: Omer Neutra laid to rest in Tel Aviv
Tank commander whose body was held in Gaza for 2 years after he was killed on Oct. 7 eulogized by CENTCOM chief as ‘best of both countries’; father takes comfort knowing that he didn’t suffer
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Ronen and Orna Neutra, parents of Omer Neutra, killed on October 7, 2023, his body still held in Gaza, at the October 18, 2025 rally at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square. (Tzachi Dovrat/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
October 21, 2025, 10:24 pm
What Matters Now to Orna and Ronen Neutra: Their son is still in Gaza
The parents of tank platoon commander Omer Neutra, killed on October 7, his body held hostage in Gaza, talk about the endless wait to bury their son
By Jessica Steinberg
Cpt. Omer Neutra (Courtesy)
October 21, 2025, 10:06 pm
Cpt. Omer Neutra, 21: Tank commander sought to ‘make an impact’
Killed while battling Hamas along the Gaza border on October 7, his body taken captive and returned in November 2025
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, sitting, hosts the family of slain Israeli-American hostage Omer Neutra on the second anniversary of his kidnapping by Hamas, at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 7, 2025. (White House)
October 8, 2025, 6:28 am
Trump hosts US-Israeli ex-hostage Edan Alexander, family of slain captive Omer Neutra
Neutra’s parents say they gave US president gift with ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ writing, thanked him for efforts to free living and dead abductees and end the war
By ToI Staff
Former Hamas hostage Naama Levy speaks in New York City, September 19, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 19, 2025, 11:08 pm
Ex-hostage Naama Levy to diplomats in NY: ‘No greater crisis to work toward ending’
Former captive says time she was held in Gaza ‘will remain carved into my body and soul’; father of US-born Omer Neutra, whose body is held in Strip, slams Israeli strike on Doha
By Luke Tress
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