(Ynet News) An IDF soldier killed in Sunday's Hamas attack on an Israeli APC on the Gaza border is missing and presumed dead, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. The IDF on Tuesday said that it had identified six of the seven IDF soldiers killed in the attack. (Jerusalem Post) See also 20,000 Israelis Attend Funeral of IDF Soldier from U.S. - Ahiya Raved More than 20,000 people on Monday attended the funeral of Sgt. Sean Carmeli from the U.S., a Golani Brigade soldier who was killed in Gaza this week. Carmeli had been a fan of the Maccabi Haifa soccer club, and the team's Internet forums issued an emotional call to all fans to attend the funeral. "We don't want his funeral to be empty. Come and pay your last respects to a hero who was killed so that we could live. This is the least we can do for him and for our nation." There are about 2,000 soldiers who came from overseas currently serving in the IDF.
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