Col. Yosef Alon, an Israeli military attaché, was gunned down in front of his home in suburban Maryland. The gunman was never identified despite an extensive F.B.I. investigation.

The Israeli soldier, who went missing during the 1982 Lebanon War, was buried with full military honors in Holon.

A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas collapsed in March. According to the agreement, Israel would withdraw its forces from Gaza and Hamas would release the remaining hostages. But Israel refused to evacuate from a strategic corridor, and added a demand for Hamas to disarm; Hamas refused to free all the hostages, or to give up its weapons.

“Today, we have brought Tzvika home.” Feldman was one of three IDF soldiers declared missing in action during the tank battle against Syrian forces in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. Roughly six ...