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This year, we commemorate our loved ones in different ways

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My brothers and sisters in bereavement, in our 72 years of independence we have known various memorial days. We have marked them in times of wars and battles, in times of military campaigns and...
Families, friends and comrades of fallen soldiers and terror victims hold a Memorial Day ceremony outside the Ikea store in Rishon Lezion on April 28, 2020, as part of a protest against the government’s closure of military cemeteries on Memorial Day. Photo by Cadya Levy/Flash90

Israeli Memorial Day: Mourning in masks and ‘Ikea-Gate’

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For the first time in the history of the Jewish state, mourners did not descend en masse upon the country’s 53 military cemeteries on Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims...

Rivlin at the Western Wall marking Memorial Day: ‘This year, we cannot cry together’

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Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism, began on Monday evening with a siren and minute of silence in memory of those who have fallen followed by an official...
Israelis stand still as a siren sounds across Israel to mark the country's Memorial Day, which commemorates fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror, in Jerusalem on April 28, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel marks its Memorial Day under tightened COVID-19 restrictions

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Israel came to a standstill on Tuesday morning as sirens sounded marking Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism. This year’s Memorial Day is overshadowed by the...
An Israeli soldier salutes at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on the eve of Israel's Memorial Day, April 26, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Our hearts remain with the families of the fallen

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Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, commanders and employees: In the past few weeks, the streets have been quiet and there has been silence outdoors. We’re almost used to it. But today, the silence...
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An unusually painful Memorial Day

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As of Monday, Israel has 23,816 fallen. Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism is the most personal of all national days. In tens of thousands of Israeli homes, families spend time...
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This Yom Hazikaron: Remembering what we have lost

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Israelis and Zionists around the world will mark Yom Hazikaron this year starting on the evening of April 27. Yom Hazikaron LeHalalei Ma’arakhot Israel ul’Nifge’ei Pe’ulot HaEivah, literally: Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of...
An Israeli flag on Masada, near the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on July 19, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Friends of IDF to conduct virtual Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut events

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For the first time, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) will host online celebrations next week marking milestones in Israel’s history. Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers and civilian victims of terrorism,...
Pedestrians in Israel wear face masks, which are mandated by the Health Ministry as a preventative measure against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli COVID-19 death toll rises to 187 as infection rate falls

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An additional three Israelis succumbed to COVID-19 overnight on Tuesday, bringing the national death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to 187, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday. The ministry also reported a spike in the...
Highway 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during a countrywide lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic, April 8, 2020. Photo by Danny Meron/Flash90.

‘Nationwide curfew could be imposed during Israel’s Memorial Day’

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A senior Israeli defense official warned on Sunday that the government may for the first time in the country’s history impose a nationwide 24-hour curfew during memorial day next week to prevent a major...