Yom hazikaron

‘Do not forget the fighters’: Chaim Malespin marks Israel’s 78th Independence Day

Malespin honored Israel’s 170 fallen soldiers over the past year, including Staff Sergeant Daniel Hamo, a fighter and paratrooper from Tiberias who fell in Gaza.

Chaim Malespin with his family.
A Memorial Day ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater, honoring the memory of the Lone Soldiers who fell since October 7th

Memorial Day ceremony honors 47 fallen lone soldiers since October 7

Bereaved families, friends and Israeli soldiers visit the Nova music festival massacre memorial site in Re’im Forest, near the Israeli-Gaza border, during Israel’s Memorial Day, April 21, 2026.

Israel honors fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day as US-Iran talks begin in Islamabad

A legacy of love and service: Remembering Ariel Sosnov

A legacy of love and service: Remembering Ariel Sosnov


5 ways to stream Israel’s Remembrance Day services from home

In Israel, the day is marked with one- and two-minute sirens when the country halts and everyone stands in silence.

Israel Border Police stop as the siren rings out across Israel to mark Yom Hazikaron, April 28, 2020

Jewish Agency pays tribute to Egoz ship passengers on Remembrance Day

Some 44 Jews died aboard the Egoz, which tragically sunk in 1961 during a covert mission to rescue Moroccan Jews and bring them to Israel

Jewish Agency Chairman of the Executive Isaac Herzog and Gila Gutman Azulay, who lost the majority of her family on the Egoz, light a torch to commemorate the victims and the men and women who died defending Israel.

Global Jewish community gathers in honor of fallen soldiers - watch

Masa's program tells the stories of soldiers and civilians who came to Israel from around the world and died while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

Masa Fellows participate in memorial ceremony at Latrun

Diaspora communities offered online Yom HaZikaron program by WZO

The program is offered by the World Zionist Organization and the Defense Ministry.

Diaspora communities offered online Yom HaZikaron program World Zionist Organization and Defense Ministry

Israelis know how to do mourning right - opinion

Yom Hazikaron, viewed from afar, is haunting.

Mount Herzl on Israel's Remembrance Day.

The sacrifice of Israel's soldiers will not be forgotten

Each one of our brave men and women had a family, friends, hopes and dreams that will never be realized.

REMEMBRANCE Day is devoted to the memory of those who gave up their lives so that the State of Israel could exist today. Pictured: Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem.

Ceremony to honor Moroccan Jews who died in sinking of rescue ship

Forty-four Jews were on board, all of whom lost their lives. This will mark the 60th anniversary of the ship's sinking.

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The pain and the pride in remembrance days for Holocaust, fallen soldiers

There is pain, and there is pride, in both Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron. Though our loss of six million beautiful souls – each of whom had a history, a home and hopes of a future.

LIFE IN the Jewish state: Thrills and chills.

Remembrance Day: 43 fallen IDF soldiers in the past year

Remembrance Day ceremonies will be restricted this year due to COVID-19.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY mourn at the funeral of American lone soldier Alex Sasaki at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, in March.