Yom haatzmaut

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Soldiers salute on a cemetary on Mount of Olives, Yom HaZikaron, the Israeli Memorial Day.
Israelis watch fireworks on Independence Day

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A TORCH burns on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl.

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 Israeli children play with Israeli flags ahead of Israel's 77th Independence Day, at "Kobi kindergarden" in Moshav Yashresh, on April 29, 2025.

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Rivlin hosts Independence Day ceremony honoring outstanding soldiers

Prior to the ceremony, they all lined up for honor guard inspection by Rivlin and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi near the entrance to the presidential complex.

President Rivlin at the traditional Independence Day ceremony honoring outstanding soldiers

Netanyahu: Israel is 'a hope among the nations and a hope for the nations'

The Prime Minister put up an Independence Day greeting in English on YouTube.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [C] and Sara Netanyahu [L] waving Israeli flags during Independence Day

Israel Air Force flyover marks celebration of Independence Day - watch

This year, the Israel Air Force also honored residents of the Gaza border communities.

Flyover on Israel's Independence Day on May 9th, 2019

Rare photo collection from Israel's War of Independence up for auction

One photo shows Arab soldiers at the Port of Haifa surrendering to Israeli forces, who then raised the Israeli and Navy flags at the Haifa port for the first time in history.

Israeli fighters seen welcoming the first Israeli Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion

Honoring our Heroes

Sergeant Tuvia Yanai Weissman did not return to his wife and daughter. However, he saved one life and protected many more.

Yanai Weissman HY”D, his wife Yael and their daughter

Company logos go blue and white for Independence Day

A montage of the newly colored logos was posted on Facebook ahead of the Yom Haatzmaut holiday.

An Israeli flag [Ilustrative]

Independence Day is a time for all Israelis to unite, Druze honoree says

"For me, Independence Day is the festival of festivals," Zarka told The Jerusalem Post.

Director of Ziv Medical Center Dr. Salman Zarka with a Syrian child and her mother

Mothers of kidnapped teenagers talk pain and unity that followed trauma

Rachelle Frankel, Iris Yifrach, and Bat-Galim Shaer, were brought together in the summer of 2014 after Hamas operatives kidnapped and murdered their three teenaged sons.

From left to right: Rachel Fraenkel, Bat-Galim Shaer and Iris Yifrah speak at the Knesset on June 25, five days before their son’s were discovered near Halhoul.

Basking in our nascent independence

In 1950, more than a million Israelis celebrated the nation’s second birthday.

MEMBERS OF Kibbutz Gan Shmuel march on Israel’s second Independence Day, in Hadera in 1950.

Independence Day: 71 + 1 new reasons I love Israel

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... again this year... in no particular order

NEW SNACKING frontier: The parent company for Oreos, Cadbury and Toblerone is teaming up with Israeli food tech incubator the Kitchen to develop new munchables.