The annual state ceremony for assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will not be held this month due to the ongoing war against Hamas, the second such cancellation in as many years.

The decision was taken at the request of family members who had appealed to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to nix the event.

Last year’s ceremony was also canceled due to the war.

Far-right extremist Yigal Amir assassinated Rabin on Nov. 4, 1995, following a rally in support of the Oslo Accords in Tel Aviv.

A separate memorial for the late Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi was also canceled at his family’s request.

Terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine gunned down Ze’evi—popularly known by the nickname “Gandhi”—at the Hyatt Hotel on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, on Oct. 17, 2001.

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