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18,000 attend soldier's funeral in Haifa
22 July 2014 00:55 BST
Some 18,000 people attend the funeral of sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21, in Haifa.
The Texas-born solider was killed on Saturday and is what is known as a "lone soldier" someone who decides to leave their family to immigrate to Israel, usually to serve in the Israeli military.