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Soldiers carry the casket of Staff Sgt. Gilad Harel during his funeral at the Modiin Military Cemetery, April 1, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
April 1, 2026, 11:01 pm
Fourth soldier killed in southern Lebanon clash on Monday laid to rest in Modiin
Flowers sent by Staff Sgt. Gilad Harel to his girlfriend before entering combat arrive hours before funeral; family recalls driven, sensitive young man described as ‘true friend’
By ToI Staff
Family and friends of slain IDF soldier Cpt. Noam Madmoni attend his funeral at the Sderot Military Cemetery, March 31, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
April 1, 2026, 1:50 am
Funerals held for 3 of the 4 soldiers killed fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
‘My son is a hero, but I don’t want a hero for a son. I want my son at home,’ says father of Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, 21; Cpt. Noam Madmoni, 22, Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, 21, also laid to rest
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Khomeini, commemorating the 47th anniversary of his return from exile during 1979 Islamic Revolution, just outside Tehran, Iran, January 31, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 4, 2026, 8:14 pm
Iran postpones funeral for Khamenei — state media
Officials say ceremony delayed due to expected ‘unprecedented turnout,’ citing need to prepare infrastructure; authorities don’t link move to security concerns
By Agencies
Family members and friends attend a funeral service for singer and composer Matti Caspi, who died after a prolonged battle with cancer, in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 10, 2026, 12:04 am
‘Greatest musician of our generation’: Legendary artist Matti Caspi laid to rest
Thousands pay respects to iconic Israeli singer as his children hail him as an inspiration; ‘We wouldn’t have Israeli culture without you,’ says Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai
By ToI Staff
Pallbearers carry out a coffin after the funeral of Boris and Sofia Gurman, who were killed while trying to thwart the Bondi Beach terror shooting, at the Sydney Chevra Kadisha on December 19, 2025. (Saeed Khan/AFP)
December 19, 2025, 1:28 pm
4 more victims of Bondi Hanukkah attack laid to rest, including couple that tackled terrorist
Boris and Sofia Gurman died ‘not just because they were Jewish, but fighting for being Jewish,’ says rabbi; ‘Charitable’ Edith Brutman, ‘gentle’ Boris Tetleroyd also memorialized
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Mourners gather at a synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim in the Bondi Beach mass terror shooting, in Bondi on December 17, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
December 17, 2025, 3:47 am
First funerals held for victims of Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre: ‘Our own Oct. 7′
Father-in-law of Rabbi Eli Schlanger vows ‘to show the world’ by lighting candles at site of attack on Sunday; Rabbi Yaakov Levitan remembered as unassuming, ‘an amazing father’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Hezbollah supporter shouts slogans as he carries a portrait of the terror group's military chief of staff, Haytham AliTabatabai, during his funeral procession with two other Hezbollah members who were killed a day earlier in an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, November 24, 2025. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)
November 24, 2025, 11:31 pm
‘The Zionists should be worried’: Threats, anti-US chants at funeral of Hezbollah No. 2
Day after IDF assassination of Haytham Ali Tabatabai, thousands of supporters of terror group chant, ‘We will not leave our weapons,’ in defiance of year-old ceasefire’s terms
By Noam Lehmann, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
Members of Lior Rudaeff's family at his funeral on November 10, 2025 at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, after his body was released by Hamas. (Uriel Even Sapir/Hostages Forum)
November 10, 2025, 5:17 pm
‘We fought for you, Dad’: Lior Rudaeff buried 2 years after he was killed on Oct. 7
Family pays final respects to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak’s deputy security coordinator, whose body was returned from Gaza on Friday: ‘You’re here — you’re finally home’
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Ruby and Hagit, the parents of Staff Sgt. Itay Chen, salute their son at his funeral at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul Cemetery in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 9, 2025, 4:16 pm
Burying his son, Itay Chen’s father vows to pursue ‘those responsible for Oct. 7 catastrophe’
Ruby Chen demands state inquiry: ‘Whole nation waits for answers’; Hagit Chen eulogizes her ‘brave, funny, good-looking son,’ laments she ‘won’t bake you cookies or set the table for 5 anymore’
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Arie Zalmanowicz (Courtesy)
October 24, 2025, 4:03 pm
In Nir Oz, hundreds bid farewell to slain hostage and kibbutz founder Arie Zalmanowicz
Son says community was father’s ‘entire essence and identity,’ would want to see wheat grow there again; opposition lawmakers, former hostages attend funeral
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral ceremony of slain hostage Tamir Adar at Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 23, 2025, 6:22 pm
‘Sorry, Tamiri’: Family of slain hostage Tamir Adar bids him farewell at Nir Oz funeral
Adar was killed defending kibbutz on Oct. 7 and his body was taken to Gaza; following its return, funeral attended by former IDF chief Halevi and several former hostages
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Ela Haimi, right, and her eldest son at the October 22, 2025, funeral of her husband, Tal Haimi, whose body was returned from Gaza days earlier, in Kinnutz Nir Yitzhak. (Dana Reany/Hostages Forum)
October 22, 2025, 7:49 pm
Slain hostage Tal Haimi laid to rest, some 2 years after wife symbolically buried his helmet
At funeral in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, where Haimi was killed battling Hamas on Oct. 7, widow Ela says she planned this day ‘so many times,’ tells about raising a child born after Tal’s death
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Loved ones gather around the casket of Eliyahu Margalit, at his funeral in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 20, 2025. Terrorists murdered Margalit on October 7, 2023, and held his body in Gaza for two years. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
October 20, 2025, 10:35 pm
Slain hostage Eliyahu Margalit finally laid to rest, as Israel buries two soldiers
Kibbutz Nir Oz mourns member killed on October 7, after Hamas returns body; families grieve Maj. Yaniv Kula and Staff Sgt. Itay Yavetz, killed in ambush in Gaza’s Rafah
By ToI Staff
Family and friends of Israeli soldier Sergeant First Class (Res.) Ariel Lubliner attend his funeral as his infant son crawls atop his grave at the Tzur Shalom Cemetery in Kiryat Bialik on September 1, 2025. (Itay Cohen/Flash90)
September 2, 2025, 1:04 am
Funerals held for murdered hostages, reserve soldier killed in Gaza fighting
Infant son of Sgt. First Class (res.) Ariel Lubliner crawls onto his grave; mother of hostage Idan Shtivi says her son was ‘taken from the world at his peak’; Ilan Weiss buried in private ceremony
By ToI Staff
Family and friends of Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on July 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 11:57 pm
‘Why are you leaving me?’: 4 soldiers killed in Beit Hanoun attack laid to rest
Hundreds mourn Meir Shimon Amar, Moshe Nissim Frech, Noam Aharon Musgadian and Benyamin Asulin, slain Monday night in Gaza; Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll to be buried Wednesday
By Ben Sales
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