STORY: :: Israeli soldier Oron Shaul is laid to rest in his hometown more than a decade after being killed in Gaza
:: Poria Illit, Israel
:: January 20, 2025
:: Israel's military said his body was recovered on Sunday, hours before the Gaza ceasefire took effect
Family and friends gathered in the small cemetery of Poria Illit, onlooking the Sea of Galilee, to pay their last respects to Shaul.
His mother Zehava voiced relief as well as great sadness at being finally able to bury her son.
Army sergeant Shaul was captured by Hamas in 2014 and was not found for more than a decade while he was presumed dead.