Funeral

'Angelic, full of joy': Ashdod mayor honors 27-year-old Dan Alkayim, killed in Bondi Beach attack

Alkayim's death was announced by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in a post to X/Twitter in the hours after the attack.

Friends and family attend the funeral of Dan Alkayim, who was murdered in a mass terrorist shooting attack on December 14, 2025 at Bondi Beach in Sydney, at a cemetery in Ashdod, southern Israel, December 25, 2025.
A picture shows traffic in the city of Mashhad, the capital of the province of Khorassan-e Razavi in northeastern Iran, on October 1, 2023

Between fear and hope, civic protest survives in Iran -opinion

Mourners carry the casket of 10-year-old Matilda the youngest victim of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach targeting an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday, at Chevra Kadisha Memorial Hall, in Sydney, Australia, December 18, 2025.

Ten-year-old Bondi victim Matilda laid to rest as PM Albanese promises hate-speech crackdown

Mourners follow the casket of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim of a mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, during the funeral at Chabad of Bondi synagogue, in Sydney, Australia, December 17, 2025.

As funerals begin, New South Wales rushes gun law reforms after Bondi attack


Standing in silence: Israel gathers for the Bibas family - opinion

Because when a mother and her children are stolen from their home and returned in death, we do not look away.

 Israelis at the Bibas family funeral on February 26, 2025.

'Shiri, please watch over me': Yarden Bibas gives moving eulogy at funeral for wife, sons

Wearing an orange kippah, Yarden Bibas gave a moving eulogy for his wife and children, who were buried together in the Tzohar Cemetery.

 Yarden Bibas gives his eulogy at the funeral for Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

'Nothing is sadder than a Jewish funeral': Watching Bibas family's last ride

It’s so clear what Dubois meant: at Jewish funerals, there is no talk of heaven or angels, of what a great place heaven is.

 People gather on the streets of Rishon Lezion during the beginning of the funeral procession for the Bibas family

'I'm sorry I couldn't protect you all': Yarden Bibas parts with Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir

Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel were buried together, in one coffin, near the graves of Shiri's parents, Margit and Yossi Silberman, murdered on October 7.

 Crowds gather to pay final respects to Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas in Tel Aviv, February 26, 2025

Israel mourns: Crowds line streets in honor of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas

The family requested for only invited guests to be at the funeral, however, the general public has been invited to stand along the roads with Israeli flags.

 People gather in Rishon Lezion for the beginning of the funeral procession of the Bibas family

It's not over until it's over, today will only close one chapter - editorial

Their funeral today will provide closure to this particular tragic chapter of October 7, but for the hostages who remain in Gaza, the book is still open and rapidly closing.

A tag is seen with images of Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

Orange balloons released around the world in memory of Bibas family

Jewish communities worldwide held vigils for the Bibas family ahead of their funeral slated for Wednesday morning.

Israelis hold orange balloons for the Bibas family, in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2025

Vigil for Nasrallah to be held in NYC amid Lebanon funeral

'Let us demonstrate to the world in the heart of the empire that the path of Resistance is immortal,' the Bronx anti-War Coalition said on Instagram on Saturday.

 Coffins of former Hezbollah secretary-generals Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine in Beirut, February 22, 2025.

IDF's Nasrallah funeral flyover shows things not what they were a year ago - analysis

Statements and speeches at the event have all indicated that Iran’s axis believes that the 'resistance' is not defeated.

 An IDF jet flies over Nasrallah and Safieddine's funeral ceremony in Beirut on February 23, 2025.

Jewish burial amid tragedy: Halachic questions surrounding the return of hostage bodies

With the bodies of hostages set to return home, Jewish law raises complex questions—when to mourn, how to bury, and what to do when the remains are incomplete.

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives