Yizhak Shamir's body enters the national cemetery in Jerusalem.
The former spy and Israel's second-longest-serving prime minister died Saturday at the age of 96.
State officials including current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the funeral.
(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING:
"In his heart and modest behaviour he continued to see himself as an anonymous soldier serving his people and state. He never asked for recognition or respect, he never sought popularity or honour."
A hardliner set in his ways, Shamir championed new Israeli settlements and refused to trade occupied land for Middle East peace.
Some admired his resolve, while others criticized him for allowing Arabs to cast Israel as obstructing reconciliation.
An ailing Shamir withdrew from public in his later years.
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