Mount Herzl

Editor's Notes: Milei’s torch should push Israel to think about its extra nine million

A country that was built to gather exiles should be better at recognizing the people standing near the edge of the camp, waiting to see whether anyone inside is ready to speak to them.

ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENT Javier Milei sings during an Independence Day ceremony this week in Jerusalem. His grandfather found out he was Jewish a short time before he passed away.
People covered with Israeli national flags walk onto Rabin square to take part in the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day at its 65th anniversary of the creation of the state in Tel Aviv

Ben-Gvir leaves Independence Day ceremony after sitting in Milei's seat, being asked to switch

Since the beginning of the war with Iran, about 180 new immigrants have arrived from North America

Israel's 78th Independence Day: Optimism, not pessimism, will rebuild the nation - editorial

People visit the graves of Israeli soldiers at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026, days before Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day).

At soldiers’ graves, the rows keep growing: Remembrance Day is shaped by new loss


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

Largest Christian delegation ever to visit Israel opens FOZ Ambassadors Summit at massacre scene and Mount Herzl

Members of Christian delegation visit Nova site and Mount Herzl

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

In the shadow of Rabin’s assassination, youth movements gathered to call for healing and national unity in Israel.

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.

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

The military will commemorate those who fell during the Israel-Hamas war.

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

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