According to details that later emerged, 'M' was a veteran Mossad operative who served for roughly three decades.

The speaker of the Knesset, the president of the Supreme Court, Israel’s chief rabbis, and the mayor of Jerusalem attended the ceremony.

The joy of Independence Day is inseparable from the memory of those who made it possible.

Yom Hazikaron begins at 8 p.m. Monday with a nationwide, one-minute siren, followed at 11 a.m. Tuesday by a two-minute siren ahead of memorial ceremonies at Israel’s 52 military cemeteries.

This is a beautiful, moving video that pays tribute to the many IDF soldiers who have given their lives defending their land.

We don't have to wait until Memorial Day to express gratitude to those who paid the ultimate price to establish and protect the Jewish state.

The Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) siren sounded on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. During the siren, Israelis stop what they are doing and reflect on fallen soldiers, police, and terror victims, 30,646 since the founding of the State of Israel.

On Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), the names of 30,646 Israeli security forces and terror victims who lost their lives since the founding of the State of Israel are displayed at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. 

Israeli fighter jets flew overhead as the siren sounded on Israeli Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror

Since last Memorial Day, 319 soldiers have fallen, and terrorism has claimed 79 more victims.

Contending with his own deep loss, the son of a terror victim finds new meaning in life by helping others deal with their grief.

Since last Memorial Day (April 25, 2023), 1,594 Israeli soldiers and civilians have died.

Israel’s Memorial Day honoring fallen soldiers and terror victims is held the day before.

Israel Antiquities Authority announces discovery of compass from deadly 'Battle of the 35' during the War of Independence.

Through a unique initiative, Viki Angel Cohen is using her little brother's favorite foods to remember him and share his memory.

The prime minister also stressed the importance of bringing home the bodies IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, and captives Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, held by Hamas.

Marine commando unit holds annual 'Running for their Memory' event in honor of 85 members of the unit who fell in the line of duty.

'We must do everything to safeguard this shared home,' said President Isaac Herzog.

While all of Israel will commemorate the Jewish State's Memorial Day beginning this evening, family members of fallen IDF soldiers mark the solemn day in their own way thanks to an Israeli NGO.

Commemorations begin at sundown on April 24 and end 24 hours later, when the Jewish state ushers in its 75th Independence Day.

'We must respect our cemeteries, and not turn them into a debate stage,' says IDF Chief of Staff ahead of Memorial Day ceremonies.

'You’re my lost boy, but you’re never gone.' Two bereaved mothers will forever mourn their sons, who became victims of terror.

Watch the OneFamily Yom Hazikaron ceremony and honor Israel’s fallen!

Israel pays tribute to the soldiers who fell defending their country.

The ceremony included clips about those who fell in Israel’s wars and in terror attacks, with an emphasis on lone soldiers from countries in the Diaspora.

Yom Hazikaron tells us that we are part of a community that witnesses and remembers in order to learn and care and build.

On Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, the country pays tribute to its fallen soldiers and terror victims.

A new memorial honoring more than 23,000 fallen IDF soldiers was unveiled ahead of Memorial Day 2017, when the official dedication took place.

Israel came to a standstill on Wednesday to mark Yom Hazikaron, its national Memorial Day, and to commemorate the 23,477 fallen IDF soldiers and victims of terrorist attacks who have died over the course of the last 150 years.

Israel marks its Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day, commemorating its fallen IDF soldiers and victims of terror.

Since Israel was founded in 1948, numerous wars have taken a heavy toll on its small population. With a mandatory draft, most Israelis have lost someone on the battlefield.