Hundreds of people gathered in the hometown of a slain 21-year-old Israeli captain Sunday to dedicate a park in his honor — as his family prays for his body to be returned from the Gaza Strip.

The town of Oyster Bay officially renamed the green space the Capt. Omer Neutra Memorial Park, honoring the young man from Plainview who was killed by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel.

“[The park] always meant something because we used to bring him here as a child,” grieving father Ronen Neutra told The Post. “But now you see his picture [here]. … It’s an amazing sign of support.” 9

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The fallen soldier’s mother, Orna Neutra, said, “In this park I see Omer. I see my boy.

“Not the soldier, not the headlines. I see a boy full of mischief. I hear his laughter, the

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