Max Steinberg died Sunday while serving as a volunteer with the IDF's Golani Brigade. He was taking part in ground operations in Gaza.
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Max Steinberg believed leaving his Woodland Hills home to join the Israeli Defense Forces was his calling, his parents said.
Max Steinberg, 24, was a graduate of El Camino High School and onetime student at Pierce College
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