Levaya Information for Nissim Carmeli HY”D by Rabbi Yair Hoffman

5TJT.com Hakaras HaTov is a central to our Avodas Hashem. Gedolei Yisroel, among them, Rav Chaim Kaniefsky and Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman have stated that we must all daven for the soldiers that are endangering themselves to protect Klal Yisroel.

Young Nissim Carmeli a”h, a young Texas native who moved to Israel,was among 13 Golani brigade soldiers killed in combat on Sunday morning in the Gaza Strip.

Nissim or Sean Carmeli a”h was a lone soldier whose parents live in the United States. His Levaya will be at 11 p.m. at the military cemetery in Haifa’s Neve David neighborhood. For those who are in Eretz Yisroel, we should express our Hakaras Hatov. by attending. May Hashem bring yeshuos to Klal Yisroel.
 

Arutz 7  Soccer Fans to Flood Lone Soldier's Funeral

In a heartfelt call to fans, the Maccabi Haifa soccer club called on its fans to “do a mitzvah (a good deed) and attend the funeral of fallen IDF soldier Nissim Sean Carmeli, so that his funeral will not be empty.”

The funeral for lone soldier Carmeli, whose parents live in Texas, is set to take place later Monday night, after his parents arrive in Israel.

Carmeli is one of the 13 combat soldiers who were killed in the close fighting at the Battle of Shejaya Saturday night and early Sunday. [...]

In the call to fans, the soccer club said that “Carmeli was a lone soldier, and we don't want his funeral to be empty. Come to his funeral Monday night to pay respects to a man who died so that we could live. This is the least we can do for him and for our nation,” the message said.

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Thousands Pay Respects to Fallen Lone Soldier

 Israeli media estimated that anywhere from 12,000 to as many as 20,000 people had heeded Maccabi Haifa’s call and attended the funeral.