Yom hazikaron

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.
 Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.

Former hostage Agam Berger recounts Remembrance Day in Gaza captivity, memorializes friend

  The ceremony honored the 43 Lone Soldiers who fell since October 7

Thousands honor fallen lone soldiers in Jerusalem Memorial on Israel’s Remembrance Day

 El Al airplane at the Ben Gurion International Airport. October 4, 2022.

No siren, just silence: El Al honors fallen from the air - watch


Independence Day and Remembrance Day: Two days that define life in Israel

When the long day of mourning draws to a close, as sunset merges with night, a siren is sounded and suddenly there is laughter and music and fireworks, as Israel begins to celebrate.

MOURNING AT Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery on Memorial Day, on May 8, 2019

Police will not stop families visiting cemeteries on Remembrance Day

Cabinet approves lockdown measures for Independence Day, curfew for Ramadan.

A woman mourns on Mount Herzl on Yom HaZikaron

No BBQ in the park: Israelis to be under lockdown for Independence Day

Bereaved families will not be able to visit gravesites on Remembrance Day, with military cemeteries set to be closed.

Memorial Day in Kiryat Shaul cemetery north of Tel Aviv on May 8th, 2019

Tel Aviv Memorial Day ceremony: He was my brother, my hero

Shlomo Laniado “was an amazing man, good-hearted, always helped, and he was smart. He loved life, he really loved life,” his younger sister Etti Mansour told The Post next to his grave.

Etti Mansour (L) and Chaim Nechustan (R) next to the grave of Shlomo Laniado who fell in the Yom Kippur War

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

Moving musical tribute for Memorial Day from IDF orphans

Popular singers compose IDF tribute with widows and orphans for Yom Hazikaron - Israel's Memorial Day.

IDF Orphans sing with Harel Skaat and Elai Botner

Druze groups consider boycott of Yom Hazikaron ceremony because of MK Kara

The Druze community threatened to boycott the event because Likud Druze MK Ayoub Kara is scheduled to speak and serve a representative for the Druze, according to the report.

Ayoub Kara

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis attend Memorial Day events

Two commemorations took place in Jerusalem and in Bnei Brak.

A haredi man embraces a youth from the Orthodox community who has joined the army

The Dam HaMaccabim Project blossoms in time for Yom Hazikaron

Three young men bringing Yom Hazikaron from the ceremonies to the streets.

A civilian and a soldier wearing the memorial flower

A testimony of loss and strength

IDF Widows and Orphans releases booklet of letters and poems written by wives and children of fallen soldiers.

Sharon Abati and Chaim Weizman