His Hebrew name is ùåï ëøîìé.
Sean Carmeli, 21, from South Padre Island, Texas, (a U.S Citizen) went to Israel to fight for his country. He was a Golani Brigade Fighter, killed July 20, 2014 in Gaza. He was part of a team of 7, who were all killed when an explosive detonated on their vehicle.
He could have avoided the trip because of an injured foot, but he insisted on going anyway.
He was laid to rest Monday night in Haifa, as tens of thousands accompanied him on his final journey.
Sean's two sisters live in Israel, and besides that he had very little family in Israel. It was initially feared he would not receive a respectable and proper funeral, as few in Israel knew him.
Realizing this, officials of the Maccabi Haifa soccer team, Sean's favorite team, called on its fans to attend Carmeli's funeral. In a heartfelt call to fans, the Maccabi Haifa soccer club urged 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. 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.
The message was passed through Israeli social media and news outlets like a brush fire, and over 20,000 people heeded the call and attended the late night funeral in Haifa. The turnout was so overwhelming that many were stuck in traffic on the way, and some received medical treatment at the funeral as a result of the crowding.
No one knew him, but all felt they had to come and pay their last respects to a fallen soldier who died protecting them. "I don't know him, and I am not a Maccabi Haifa fan, but I received the message and decided I was going. We are coming to pay our last respects to someone who is a hero to us," said one mourner.
First Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli was killed Saturday night when his APC, the armored personnel carrier that featured prominently in that Facebook album, was struck by an anti-tank weapon in Gaza — one of 13 Golani soldiers killed in the Hamas stronghold of Shejaiya that night.
Carmeli was buried in Haifa’s Neve David cemetery on Monday night. Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral, with some estimates putting the number at a staggering 20,000.
There had been concerns that the lone soldier, who split his time between Ra’anana and South Padre Island, Texas, where his Israeli parents live, wouldn’t have enough people paying their final respects at his funeral.
But since he was a huge fan of Maccabi Haifa, the soccer team posted a photo of Carmeli on its Facebook page after his death, asking fans to go so that his funeral wouldn’t be deserted.
Some information provided by Joseph Gainey. Gut Shabbos!
Sean Carmeli, 21, from South Padre Island, Texas, (a U.S Citizen) went to Israel to fight for his country. He was a Golani Brigade Fighter, killed July 20, 2014 in Gaza. He was part of a team of 7, who were all killed when an explosive detonated on their vehicle.
He could have avoided the trip because of an injured foot, but he insisted on going anyway.
He was laid to rest Monday night in Haifa, as tens of thousands accompanied him on his final journey.
Sean's two sisters live in Israel, and besides that he had very little family in Israel. It was initially feared he would not receive a respectable and proper funeral, as few in Israel knew him.
Realizing this, officials of the Maccabi Haifa soccer team, Sean's favorite team, called on its fans to attend Carmeli's funeral. In a heartfelt call to fans, the Maccabi Haifa soccer club urged 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. 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.
The message was passed through Israeli social media and news outlets like a brush fire, and over 20,000 people heeded the call and attended the late night funeral in Haifa. The turnout was so overwhelming that many were stuck in traffic on the way, and some received medical treatment at the funeral as a result of the crowding.
No one knew him, but all felt they had to come and pay their last respects to a fallen soldier who died protecting them. "I don't know him, and I am not a Maccabi Haifa fan, but I received the message and decided I was going. We are coming to pay our last respects to someone who is a hero to us," said one mourner.
First Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli was killed Saturday night when his APC, the armored personnel carrier that featured prominently in that Facebook album, was struck by an anti-tank weapon in Gaza — one of 13 Golani soldiers killed in the Hamas stronghold of Shejaiya that night.
Carmeli was buried in Haifa’s Neve David cemetery on Monday night. Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral, with some estimates putting the number at a staggering 20,000.
There had been concerns that the lone soldier, who split his time between Ra’anana and South Padre Island, Texas, where his Israeli parents live, wouldn’t have enough people paying their final respects at his funeral.
But since he was a huge fan of Maccabi Haifa, the soccer team posted a photo of Carmeli on its Facebook page after his death, asking fans to go so that his funeral wouldn’t be deserted.
Some information provided by Joseph Gainey. Gut Shabbos!
His Hebrew name is ùåï ëøîìé.
Sean Carmeli, 21, from South Padre Island, Texas, (a U.S Citizen) went to Israel to fight for his country. He was a Golani Brigade Fighter, killed July 20, 2014 in Gaza. He was part of a team of 7, who were all killed when an explosive detonated on their vehicle.
He could have avoided the trip because of an injured foot, but he insisted on going anyway.
He was laid to rest Monday night in Haifa, as tens of thousands accompanied him on his final journey.
Sean's two sisters live in Israel, and besides that he had very little family in Israel. It was initially feared he would not receive a respectable and proper funeral, as few in Israel knew him.
Realizing this, officials of the Maccabi Haifa soccer team, Sean's favorite team, called on its fans to attend Carmeli's funeral. In a heartfelt call to fans, the Maccabi Haifa soccer club urged 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. 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.
The message was passed through Israeli social media and news outlets like a brush fire, and over 20,000 people heeded the call and attended the late night funeral in Haifa. The turnout was so overwhelming that many were stuck in traffic on the way, and some received medical treatment at the funeral as a result of the crowding.
No one knew him, but all felt they had to come and pay their last respects to a fallen soldier who died protecting them. "I don't know him, and I am not a Maccabi Haifa fan, but I received the message and decided I was going. We are coming to pay our last respects to someone who is a hero to us," said one mourner.
First Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli was killed Saturday night when his APC, the armored personnel carrier that featured prominently in that Facebook album, was struck by an anti-tank weapon in Gaza — one of 13 Golani soldiers killed in the Hamas stronghold of Shejaiya that night.
Carmeli was buried in Haifa’s Neve David cemetery on Monday night. Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral, with some estimates putting the number at a staggering 20,000.
There had been concerns that the lone soldier, who split his time between Ra’anana and South Padre Island, Texas, where his Israeli parents live, wouldn’t have enough people paying their final respects at his funeral.
But since he was a huge fan of Maccabi Haifa, the soccer team posted a photo of Carmeli on its Facebook page after his death, asking fans to go so that his funeral wouldn’t be deserted.
Some information provided by Joseph Gainey. Gut Shabbos!
Sean Carmeli, 21, from South Padre Island, Texas, (a U.S Citizen) went to Israel to fight for his country. He was a Golani Brigade Fighter, killed July 20, 2014 in Gaza. He was part of a team of 7, who were all killed when an explosive detonated on their vehicle.
He could have avoided the trip because of an injured foot, but he insisted on going anyway.
He was laid to rest Monday night in Haifa, as tens of thousands accompanied him on his final journey.
Sean's two sisters live in Israel, and besides that he had very little family in Israel. It was initially feared he would not receive a respectable and proper funeral, as few in Israel knew him.
Realizing this, officials of the Maccabi Haifa soccer team, Sean's favorite team, called on its fans to attend Carmeli's funeral. In a heartfelt call to fans, the Maccabi Haifa soccer club urged 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. 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.
The message was passed through Israeli social media and news outlets like a brush fire, and over 20,000 people heeded the call and attended the late night funeral in Haifa. The turnout was so overwhelming that many were stuck in traffic on the way, and some received medical treatment at the funeral as a result of the crowding.
No one knew him, but all felt they had to come and pay their last respects to a fallen soldier who died protecting them. "I don't know him, and I am not a Maccabi Haifa fan, but I received the message and decided I was going. We are coming to pay our last respects to someone who is a hero to us," said one mourner.
First Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli was killed Saturday night when his APC, the armored personnel carrier that featured prominently in that Facebook album, was struck by an anti-tank weapon in Gaza — one of 13 Golani soldiers killed in the Hamas stronghold of Shejaiya that night.
Carmeli was buried in Haifa’s Neve David cemetery on Monday night. Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral, with some estimates putting the number at a staggering 20,000.
There had been concerns that the lone soldier, who split his time between Ra’anana and South Padre Island, Texas, where his Israeli parents live, wouldn’t have enough people paying their final respects at his funeral.
But since he was a huge fan of Maccabi Haifa, the soccer team posted a photo of Carmeli on its Facebook page after his death, asking fans to go so that his funeral wouldn’t be deserted.
Some information provided by Joseph Gainey. Gut Shabbos!
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