Memorial day

Memorial Day ceremony honors 47 fallen lone soldiers since October 7

Since the outbreak of the Iron Swords war, more than 1,100 IDF soldiers, both active-duty and reservists have been killed. Among them were 47 Lone Soldiers.

A Memorial Day ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater, honoring the memory of the Lone Soldiers who fell since October 7th
 Dov Landau at the wedding of his great-grandson.

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Memorial ceremony on Har Herzl in Jerusalem, Israel. April 19, 2026.

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People visit the graves of Israeli soldiers at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026, days before Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day).

At soldiers’ graves, the rows keep growing: Remembrance Day is shaped by new loss


Blue-white programming for Remembrance and Independence days

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Honoring Holocaust victims with personalized memorial candles

As this Holocaust Memorial Day it is impossible to hold large events due to coronavirus, Our 6 Million is starting an initiative to honor the deceased together, while staying apart.

President Reuven Rivlin lighting a memorial candle from Our 6 Million

Memorial Day ceremonies to take place without audiences

In place of local ceremonies, IDF soldiers will hold a candlelight vigil as well as a salute by a commander and military cantor saying the kaddish.

SOLDIERS STAND STILL as the memorial siren is sounded nationwide yesterday, during a ceremony marking Remembrance Day at the Western Wall.

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U.S. army veterans celebrate Memorial week with Yom Kippur War hero

“We were ready to participate in the occupation of Japan, but they dropped the H bomb and the war was basically over,” Jack Krasner told In Jerusalem.

(LEFT TO right) Post Events chairman Gershon Katz, Yom Kippur War veteran Uri Ehrenfeld, Post commander Avraham Kriss and US veteran Aryeh Wetherhorn at the Jewish War Veterans of the USA’s Jerusalem branch general meeting on May 30.

Activist pens moving tribute for Jewish-Ethiopian Memorial Day

The head of the Fidel Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews in Israel remembers her lost loves ones.

The annual memorial ceremony for Jewish immigrants who died on the way to Israel from Ethiopia, June 5, 2016

Cemetery visitors 'lift the load of the bereaved' on Remembrance Day

“It still hurts,” Berg said as he stood by her grave in the Kfar Etzion cemetery on Israel’s Remembrance Day and spoke of his grief with a group of visiting teenagers.

In the Kfar Etzion cemetery young women pay homage to terror victim Esther Alvan, 20, who was killed in a 2001 terror attack

Remembrance Day overseas: IDF reservists share Israel’s story to the world

My Truth has documented tens of testimonies from reservists in recent months describing the use of human shields to carry out terror attacks and other human rights violations.

Delegation of IDF reservists shared Israel’s story to the world

One Family hosts Memorial Day ceremony for victims of Terror

The ceremony, now in its 10th year, creates a safe space for families of terror victims in which to mourn.

One Family hosts Memorial Day Ceremony for victims of Terror

Millions stand in silence during Remembrance siren - watch

Some 23,741 Israeli soldiers have fallen fighting for the State of Israel since 1865, while 3,150 civilians have been killed in terrorist attacks across the country.

An Israeli soldier sits by a grave on Mount Herzl during Remembrance Day on April 18th, 2018.