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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Israel set to grind to a halt with siren commemorating Holocaust victims

People stand still in Jerusalem as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Israel will come to a standstill in 30 minutes, with a two-minute siren commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
The siren will kick off nationwide ceremonies as part of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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