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Friends and family grieve at the graves of IDF soldiers killed on Oct. 7, 2023, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on April 29, 2025. Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images.
Katz: IDF must remain ‘barrier between enemies and our people’
"Our hearts are with the fallen, their families, and the wounded. We are determined to achieve a clear victory—without compromise—whether in Gaza, Southern Lebanon, or northern Samaria. We will defend ourselves against any threat,” said the Israeli defense minister.
JNS Staff
April 30, 2025
American political commentator Ben Shapiro at the International Conservatism event in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2022. Photo by Nadav Cohen Yonatan/GoLive.
Ben Shapiro to light torch at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony
There will be 36 torchbearers at the ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
JNS Staff
April 21, 2025
The official logo for the central torch-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl marking the 77th anniversary of the State of Israel. Courtesy.
Independence Day logo focuses on hope after war
The logo incorporates a graphic fusion of the Star of David and the number 77 symbolizing the bond and shared hopes among a diverse Israeli society.
JNS Staff
April 8, 2025
President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for judges at his official residence in Jerusalem, June 23, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
President Herzog’s address at official Oct. 7 memorial ceremony
"I stand before you today, knowing that no words can mend the world that was destroyed," he said, during the official memorial on Sunday at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem.
Isaac Herzog
Oct. 27, 2024
Soldiers place flags on the graves of fallen comrades at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 23, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
On Har Herzl with Ilan Cohen
American Jews must learn from Israel's fallen soldiers.
Alan Newman
June 3, 2024
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Western Wall on Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars and Victims of Terrorism, May 12, 2024. Photo by Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO.
President Isaac Herzog’s Yom Hazikaron address
Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars and Victims of Terrorism 5784—12 May, 2024, Western Wall, Jerusalem.
May 13, 2024
Family and friends of Israeli soldier Maj. (res.) Moshe Yedidyah Leiter attend his funeral at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Nov. 12, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Israeli-American soldier killed in Gaza buried at Mount Herzl
In his eulogy, the father of Maj. (res.) Moshe Yedidyah Leiter asked Joe Biden to "cease and desist" his calls for a ceasefire.
Nov. 12, 2023
Family and friends of IDF Staff Sgt. Lavi Lipshitz, 20, mourn at his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Nov. 1, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
IDF soldier Lavi Lipshitz buried in Jerusalem
The 20-year-old fought “bravely in a fierce battle,” said the Israeli military.
Nov. 1, 2023
Police marking tape at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2023, where a letter threatening Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found on the grave of his brother, Yoni Netanyahu earlier in the day. Photo by Flash90
One arrested over threatening letter at Yoni Netanyahu’s grave
A 26-year-old Kfar Saba resident admitted to writing the letter, which included threats against the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
July 2, 2023