Mount Herzl

WATCH: Final hostage pin removed from National Memorial Hall for Israel's Fallen

The pin was removed in a solemn ceremony organized by the Families, Commemoration and Heritage Division at the Defense Ministry, following the return of Gvili's body to Israel from Gaza.

A HOSTAGE pin on St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili's memorial brick.
Memorial to the victims on board the immigrants ship ‘Egoz,’ on Mount Herzl.

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

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


'Leave the politics out' of Mt. Herzl Remembrance Day ceremony, Netanyahu!

The prime minister received backlash from someone in the crowd for his promise to establish a Memorial Hall for Martyrs there.

Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking at the 2021 state Remembrance Day ceremony at Mount Herzl

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.