Hundreds gathered to mourn the Plainview native at the Midway Jewish Center in Syosset, where he became a bar mitzvah.

Omer Neutra, a fallen Israel Defense Forces soldier from Long Island, is being remembered with a memorial service today.

Israeli officials have confirmed that a Long Island man, who intended to be at Binghamton University this school year, was killed during the Hamas attack on October 7th of last year.