Friends of Israeli soldier Staff Sgt. Arbel Reich, who was killed during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, gather around his grave after his funeral in the cemetery in the northern Israeli town of Misgav. The army said his death was the first combat fatality since Nov. 1, 2006.

First published in the July 13, 2007, 10:24 a.m. edition

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