Remembrance Day

Panic at Tel Aviv Remembrance Day ceremony after security guards arrested

An additional arrest was made during the siren in Jerusalem.

PM Netanyahu's convoy hits motorcyclist

The motorcyclist, a 17-year-old boy, was taken to the hospital in mild condition, United Hatzalah announced.

WATCH: Remembrance Day ceremony for Israel's fallen soldiers at Yad LaBanim

At the ceremony, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana was interrupted by a bereaved father who said Ohana "did not deserve to speak about my son."

Eve of Remembrance Day for fallen IDF soldiers at Mount Herzl, April 14, 2013.

As critics abroad sit in comfort, at gravesides Israelis reaffirm need for strength

The world may judge harshly today, but history will remember who stood for life and who exploited suffering for political gain.

Leave politics out of Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day exists for the entire people – one day a year when the nation collectively expresses gratitude to the fallen and stands in solidarity with the families left behind.

By ZEHAVA GROSS-MEIDAN
29/04/2025

Israel's 77th Independence Day celebration is much like its first

The Jerusalem Dispatch covers how this year's Independence Day is similar to Israel's first one in 1948, alongside other top stories.

  PRESIDENT HERZOG listens to ‘6:29’ testimonies

Where memory meets meaning: The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem’s vision for a better tomorrow

The museum’s “6:29” exhibit on Oct. 7 and upcoming Remembrance Day event inspire visitors to confront hate and embrace humanity.

By ALAN ROSENBAUM , IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE JERUSALEM
25/04/2025

Israel's Remembrance Day to honor 5,229 terror victims and 25,417 fallen soldiers

Since 1851, terrorist attacks and hostilities have left  behind 4,753 orphans, 1,058 widows and widowers, 6,155 brothers and sisters, and 2,346 bereaved parents.

  Individuals stand to attention during the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren on Jerusalem's Jaffa Str

Sirens in Israel wake us up to who we are and what we face

Let the sirens we heard Thursday and will hear twice next week on Remembrance Day wake us to the tragedy that could potentially take place.

Eight Holocaust survivors to participate in Yad Vashem's Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony

They will be joined by Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan, who will light the Memorial Torch, while six different Holocaust survivors who will light six separate torches. 

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