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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


‘She was light itself’: Family, friends, unit mourn Rose Lubin

Lubin was murdered in a stabbing attack carried out by a resident of east Jerusalem near Herod's Gate of the Old City in Jerusalem.

 People gather for the funeral of Israeli-American Border Police officer Sgt. Rose Ida (Elisheva) Lubin.

Herzog: Those who fuel bitter Israeli division endanger the state

“Especially now, we must learn the lessons and truly understand that the internal threat within Israel is the most acute and dangerous threat of all," said President Isaac Herzog.

 President Isaac Herzog speaks at the memorial ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War on September 26, 2023.

Thousands mourn at funeral of soldier who died during training

Crowds gathered at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery to pay their last respects at the funeral of Corporal Hillel Nehemiah Ofen, who recently died during a military training session.

 Friends and family attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Hillel Ofen at Mt Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. Ofen died after collapsing in training. August 15, 2023.

Lamentations at Rabin’s tomb link Tisha Be’av to modern tragedies

A young man was playing a somber tune on a piano as dozens of people waited for the chanting of lamentations to start.

 Dina, who asked that we not use her last name, waved two Israeli flags, one being her own design, at Zion Square on Wednesday night to commemorate the eve of Tisha Be’Av

'A man of truth': Staff-Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir laid to rest at Mt. Herzl

Amir was buried next to Sgt. First Class David Yehuda Yitzhak, the soldier who fell earlier this week during the operation in Jenin.

 Thousands attend the funeral of Staff Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir, killed in a shooting attack near Kedumim, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on July 7, 2023.

New Defense Ministry app helps locate graves of IDF fallen soldiers

It allows the public to easily locate and navigate to specific grave sites in one of Israel's military cemeteries, some of which cover huge areas and are difficult to navigate.

 GRIEVING AT THE Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem last year.

Miri Regev to try to convince Lapid to attend Independence Day torch ceremony

This was reported after Lapid announced that he would not participate in the ceremony as a form of protest against the judicial reform and the government.

Miri  Regev

Israeli leaders have a duty to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies, Benny Gantz says

Many bereaved families especially oppose the participation in ceremonies of Knesset members or ministers who did not serve in the IDF.

 Defense Minister Benny Gantz addresses the public in the Yom Hazikaron ceremony on Mount Herzl.

500 fallen soldiers' families to gov't: Keep out of Remembrance Day ceremonies

In quieter times when the country was less split by the judicial overhaul debate, Remembrance Day and Independence Day were hallowed moments when all political disagreements fell by the wayside.

 Bereaved families who oppose the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, hold a press conference in Ramat Gan, March 26, 2023

Visitors 'vandalize' Yoni Netanyahu's grave with heart-shaped stones

Lt.-Col. Netanyahu fell during the Entebbe rescue operation in 1976, when the IDF freed over 248 hostages from Uganda's Entebbe airport.

 IDF soldiers place flags at graves on Mount Herzl ahead of Memorial Day, May, 2022