Mount Herzl

Jerusalem commemorates the ‘Egoz’ shipwreck disaster, 65 years later

This is the tragic story of 44 illegal immigrants – men, women, and children – who set out from Morocco to Israel in 1961 and met their deaths at sea.

Memorial to the victims on board the immigrants ship ‘Egoz,’ on Mount Herzl.
Sergeant-Major (res.) Asael Babad.

IDF Menashe Brigade reservist dies from wounds sustained in Gaza fighting

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


Remembrance Day 2021 in pictures

Remembrance Day ceremonies commemorated Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, who lost their lives in the fight for the country's existence.

Remembrance day 2021 on Mount Herzl

Remembering Herzl on his 116th yahrzeit

Herzl's most famous quote stands as a testament to his tenacity: 'If you will it, it is no dream.'

Theodor Herzl leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, probably during the Sixth Zionist Conference there in 1903

Gantz on Independence Day: Israel must prepare for tough times

"We will win war" against coronavirus, Knesset speaker says

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz lights a torch at Israel's offical Independence Day ceremony on April 28, 2020

Memorial Hall of Israel's Fallen soldiers wins international prize

The memorial site, designed by Kimmel Eshkolot Architects, combines light space and names of fallen soldiers to offer visitors a unique way to commemorate their friends and loved ones.

Memorial Hall of Israel's Fallen at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery

Bringing Herzl home

A salute to Chaplain Rabbi Oscar Mike Lifshutz who arranged Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl's re-burial in Jerusalem's Mount Herzl in August 1949.

Theodor Herzl leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, probably during the Sixth Zionist Conference there in 1903

Israel's first lady Nechama Rivlin laid to rest

Rivlin was buried on what would have been her 74th birthday.

President Reuven Rivlin is comforted by family at his wife's funeral on Mt. Herzl, in Jerusalem, June 5, 2019

IDF memorial wins architecture awards in China

Architect Etan Kimmel served as keynote speaker at the Chinese design award ceremony, broadcast live across Chinese national TV channels.

Architect Etan Kimmel accepting two awards at the 9th annual International Space Design Award Idea-Tops in Shenzhen, China, April 25, 2019

President Rivlin, Israeli officials remember Shimon Peres in Jerusalem

The memorial ceremony for the late president was held at the Great Leaders of the Nation section of Jerusalem's Mount Herzl cemetery.

Reuven Rivlin  commemorates the late Shimon Peres in Jerusalem

On This Day: Theodor Herzl re-interred 69 years ago atop Mt. Herzl

Known in Hebrew as Har Hazikaron (the Mount of Memory) as well as Har Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery is symbolically located adjoining the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center and the Jerusalem

Herzl's grave at the top of Mount Herzl.

Hesder yeshiva students refuse to visit Rabin’s grave

The incident took place on Sunday, with the four individuals refusing to visit the grave together with their unit on ideological grounds.

A girl lays a red rose on the grave of slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl