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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery

The collapsed wall (left) and a headstone at the Samaritan cemetery in Tel Aviv, pictured on Aug. 3, 2023. (Courtesy Ben Sedaka)
August 4, 2023, 3:03 am
Gravestones smashed in Samaritan section of Tel Aviv cemetery
Leaders of tiny faith community tell police incident was premeditated hate crime; separately, woman’s picture on Jerusalem gravestone blacked out, apparently by Haredi extremists
By Canaan Lidor
Col. Oren Simcha salutes during a ceremony on July 7, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 22, 2021, 1:41 pm
IDF taps Oren Simcha to lead Nahal Brigade after predecessor’s sudden death
Days after entering his position, Col. Sharon Asman collapsed following a run due to a heart condition
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi lays a wreath at the funeral of Col. Sharon Asman in Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, on July 4, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 5, 2021, 12:39 am
IDF to probe fitness program, lack of defibrillator after officer’s death
Army announces third investigation into fatal collapse of Col. Sharon Asman, 42, following run, after previously launching Military Police probe and medical inquiry
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Police in southern Israel. December 1, 2017. (Israel Police)
December 1, 2017, 11:43 am
Leaders vow to catch attacker who killed soldier amid large manhunt
Defense minister says ‘security forces will not rest until they lay hands on terrorist’ who murdered 19-year-old Ron Yitzhak Kokia in Arad
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Ron Yitzhak Kokia, an IDF soldier who was stabbed to death in a terror attack on November 30, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 1, 2017, 12:53 am
Man stabbed to death in apparent terror attack named as IDF soldier
Police search for two suspected assailants who fled scene after fatal assault on 19-year-old Ron Yitzhak Kokia next to a mall in southern city of Arad
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on Israeli Remembrance Day during a ceremony held at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 1, 2017. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
May 1, 2017, 2:27 pm
Memorializing terror victims, Netanyahu urges Abbas to stop funding terrorists
At annual ceremony for those killed in terror attacks, PM claims PA has spent $1 billion in recent years in payments to jailed assailants
By Stuart Winer
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman lays a wreath at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery in Tel Aviv on May 1, 2017. (Ariel Harmoni/Defense Ministry)
May 1, 2017, 1:36 pm
On Memorial Day, Liberman says Israel working to return MIAs
At military cemetery in Tel Aviv, defense minister pays tribute to IDF soldiers who fell defending the Jewish state
By Alexander Fulbright
Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Israel's Independence Day, May 12, 2016 (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
May 12, 2016, 2:01 pm
Bennett: Let’s stop the festival of self-flagellation
On Independence Day, minister urges Israelis to ‘stop slandering’ themselves in eyes of the world, in comments likely directed at deputy IDF chief
By ToI Staff
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders attend a Memorial Day ceremony in memory of Israel's fallen soldiers and terror victims, at Mount Herzl military cemetery, on May 11, 2016. (Gil Yohanan/POOL)
May 11, 2016, 1:30 pm
Army’s morals take center stage as Israel salutes fallen soldiers
Defense minister cautions against letting anger trump values, even as ‘blood boils,’ while education minister says upholding those morals has caused casualties
By ToI Staff
A Yom Kippur War plot (photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg/ Times of Israel)
October 5, 2014, 2:19 pm
Rivlin: 1973 war shows leaders must be asked hard questions
At state memorial service for Yom Kippur War, president urges public not to let government or army rest on its laurels
By Spencer Ho
The commander of the IDF Armored Corps flanked by veteran officers who came to pay their respects at a memorial for Maj. Gen. Shmuel Gonen. (photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg/Times of Israel)
October 3, 2014, 6:05 pm
The general killed slowly by the Yom Kippur War
A smattering of family members and fellow veterans gather at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery in Tel Aviv to remember Shmuel Gonen — blamed by a generation for the losses on the southern front
By Mitch Ginsburg
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