Isaac Herzog

Herzog also addressed reports that Israeli security officials were unaware that the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 was barred from Oman Air amid concerns over his radicalization.

Veteran actor, singer, and stage star Illy Gorlizki, a defining figure in Israeli culture for more than seven decades, has died at 91.

“We will forever remember what happened that day,” Herzog said. “We will forever remember the homes that became graves, the terrible atrocities we might wish to forget, but will remember forever."

Amit laid a wreath at the memorial site on Mount Herzl alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several others.

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President Isaac Herzog and Acting Chair of the Wolf Foundation Council, Prof. Osnat Luxenburg, announced the eight Wolf Prize winners at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

Herzog told Ahmed al-Husseini, 66, that he was "truly saddened to see what happened to you, and I think the entire people of Israel was deeply pained to see this incident."

Herzog spoke with Yaniv Hayoun, Dr. Shota Musayev, Tzvika Mans, and Asaf Rejwan, who took part in the response to the violent incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 on Wednesday.

Herzog also addressed the flydubai attempted hijacking incident, thanking the passengers on board as heroes and Israels friends and partners in the region.

On September 29 and 30, 1941, German forces, aided by local collaborators, murdered 33,771 Jews at Babyn Yar. In just two days, the lives of children, parents, and grandparents were cut short.