Mount Herzl

IDF Menashe Brigade reservist dies from wounds sustained in Gaza fighting

The IDF said that Master Sergeant (res.) Asael Babad, 38, was severely injured during combat in Rafah on October 19 of last year.

Sergeant-Major (res.) Asael Babad.
Members of Christian delegation visit Nova site and Mount Herzl

‘Thank God, thank the soldiers’: Former hostages move Christian leaders at Nova site

Merav Leshem Gonen, mother of freed hostage Romi, addresses the crowd at a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, November 5, 2025.

Hostage families, fallen soldier relatives, urge national unity at Rabin memorial ceremony

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Presdent Isaac Herzog at the IDF ceremony for the fallen soldiers of the Israel-Hamas War. October 16, 2025.

Whoever threatens Israel will 'pay heavy price,' Netanyahu vows at state ceremony for the fallen


1,158 Israeli soldiers and other security personnel fell since start of October 7 massacre

In the past two weeks alone, six more IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers were added to the number of the fallen.

IDF soldiers are seen operating in Gaza City, October 3, 2025

Shorter than a flight to Uman: Take a trip to Mount Herzl instead - opinion

If Rabbi Nachman were alive today, he would recognize the holiness of those who serve, and he would view those buried on Mount Herzl as the holiest of saints, worthy of us all visiting.

SGT.-MAJ. Betzalel Yehoshua Mosbacher is laid to rest at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem in July. He succumbed to wounds sustained in battle in the Gaza Strip. Anyone seeking to pray at the graves of the righteous should begin at Mount Herzl, says the writer.

IDF soldier suffering from self-inflicted gunshot succumbs to his wounds

The soldier was named as Corporal Dan Mandel Philipson, 18, from Norway. He was a combat soldier in training in the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade. 

IDF soldiers pay respects to loved ones who fell in battle at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

Honoring fallen friends: Soldier’s mark tributes to fallen friends through service and memory

"His memory is what keeps me going. It reminds me that our service is about more than just our lives—it’s about the legacy we leave."

 Lt. P drew a photograph of her friend, Staff sergeant Nehoray Levi Amitay z"l and his girlfriend.

'Generation of lions': Netanyahu praises Israel's fighters during Remembrance Day speech

"The generation of lions I meet on the ground—from crumbling Rafah to the lofty peak of Mount Hermon—understands exactly what is at stake."

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Remembrance Day ceremony on Mount Herzl, 30 April 2025

Israeli singers reject Miri Regev's request to participate in torch ceremony

However, released hostage Eli Sharabi will be one of the ceremony's torchbearers • MK Gilad Kariv criticizes Regev's choice in choosing Ben Shapiro as a torchbearer.

 Israeli singer Yardena Arazi performs with The Gevatron, an Israeli Kibbutz folk singers group in Gush Wtzion on March 28, 2017.

Fallen civilian heroes of October 7 and slain hostages to be officially honored

"The decision reflects the state’s commitment to honor civilians who demonstrated extraordinary bravery."

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

IDF announces fallen soldier Captain (res.) Amit Levi, killed in Gaza

The IDF said Captain Levi's funeral would be held on Thursday at the Mount Herzl military cemetery. 

 Captain (res.) Amit Levi

'Orr was a child of love and giving': Family, friends remember fallen soldier St.-Sgt Orr Katz

Orr leaves behind two older brothers and one younger sister, Ynet reported. Katz received a certificate of distinction twice during his military service. 

 Staff Sergeant Orr Katz, who fell in combat in the Gaza Strip, November 12, 2024.

IDF Capt. Roi Nahary, 23: Saving lives – in life and in death

Captain Roi Nahary was one of the 12 active and reserve soldiers who fell on October 9, following another dozen who had fallen the previous day, and 284 who fell on the infamous Oct. 7, 2023.

 Israeli soldiers take position as other paratroopers land behind them during the US-led Swift Response exercise in Europe in June 2018.