Tag: Terror Victims
An open letter to the survivors of Oct. 7
To the women, children and men who survived the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7 in Israel:
You are not alone.
We see you. We hear you. We are crying with you.
And I am sorry. I...
St. Louis-area restaurant going kosher for a day, proceeds headed for Israel
A local restaurant will change its entire menu and kosher its kitchen for one day in support of Israel. Novellus, at 201 N. Main St. in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis, announced...
Women who lost loved ones to terror gather in Jerusalem
As the July heat beat down on a tent city erected by opponents of judicial reform in Jerusalem's Sacher Park, not far from the Knesset and Israel’s Supreme Court, hundreds of women were gathering...
Memorial for Israeli terror victim Esther Horgen held in EU Parliament
A memorial event marking two years since the killing of terror victim Esther Horgen was held on Wednesday at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The conference, an initiative of the Samaria Regional Council and the...
Israel Prize laureate welcomes granddaughter same weekend IDF kills terrorist behind son’s death
Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz welcomed the birth of a granddaughter just a day before the Israel Defense Forces killed the terrorist who was behind the operation that killed one of her children.
“Out of destruction, a new life...
Communal leaders request Israel to commemorate global Jewish terror victims
Heads of major Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Agency for Israel, delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling on the Israeli government to designate those killed in anti-Semitic incidents outside...
Herzog: ‘No one asked fallen sons and daughters who was right-wing, who was left’
Israel began marking the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism on Tuesday evening when, at 8 p.m., a one-minute siren rang out throughout the country, causing all to stop in silence.
The central ceremony...
‘Peace clock’: Israeli Defense Ministry gift angers bereaved families
Dozens of Israeli families who lost loved ones to war and terror have expressed anger at this year’s gift from the country’s Defense Ministry ahead of Memorial Day—a “peace clock”— due to what they...
Yom Hazikaron ceremony pays tribute to 60th year since sinking of ‘Egoz’
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual Yom Hazikaron ceremony—Israel’s Memorial Day—held on Wednesday honored a tragic event in Jewish history, as well as fallen soldiers, terror victims and those injured or killed in anti-Semitic...
Second memorial ceremony for fallen ultra-Orthodox soldiers goes virtual
A memorial commemorating fallen soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces who fought in haredi Orthodox units was broadcasted on Monday night from the Hechal Shlomo auditorium in Jerusalem without an audience due to restrictions related to...