By SHLOMO MOR and MELANIE LIDMAN, Associated Press

KFAR SABA, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of people packed a cemetery in central Israel on Tuesday for the funeral of an Israeli soldier whose body had been held in Gaza for 11 years, overflowing and blocking surrounding streets as somber crowds stood with Israeli flags.

Israeli soldiers attend the funeral of late Israeli hostage soldier Hadar Goldin in Kfar Saba, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, who was killed in 2014 and his body returned as part of the current ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Leah and Simcha Goldin, the parents of late Israeli hostage soldier Hadar Goldin, attend his funeral, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Goldin was killed in 2014 and his body was returned as pa

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