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Israeli flags on graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem ahead of Israeli Memorial Day, April 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 14, 2026, 11:17 pm
100 bereaved families ask coalition MKs to skip cemetery speeches on upcoming Memorial Day
Relatives reportedly urge lawmakers not to turn their loved ones’ final resting place into a political platform, pan government policies as creating more bereavement
By ToI Staff
A soldier makes final preparations before the annual Memorial Day commemoration at the American cemetery in Margraten, on May 29, 2022. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP)
December 13, 2025, 3:58 pm
Officials removed exhibit on Black soldiers in WWII over fear of Trump’s ‘ire,’ emails show
Holocaust museums and Jewish veterans’ groups object to the move, which had not previously been explained, as distorting memory
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The grave and headstone of IDF soldier David Bogdanovskyi at the Haifa military cemetery (Courtesy)
October 22, 2024, 12:22 pm
Family of fallen soldier told to take down headstone because it has a cross on it
Defense Ministry says headstone violates regulation that standardizes graves and bars crosses or other religious symbols; IDF rabbi rules cross harms sanctity of military cemetery
By ToI Staff
Artist's impression of the new tower planned for the Epstein Compound in Jerusalem, nicknamed the 'Jerusalem Burj,' as seen from Yad Vashem. (AS+GG- Smith-Gil Architecture. Local architects Studio Yigal Levi Architects)
September 23, 2024, 6:44 pm
District planners approve controversial ‘Jerusalem Burj,’ rebuff most objections
Deputy Mayor Havilio vows to keep up opposition, says planners have broken own rules on building height and don’t think about preserving character of capital
By Sue Surkes
Soldiers carry the coffin of Sgt. First Class (res.) Omer Smadga, 25, who was killed the day before in a mortar strike in central Gaza, at the military cemetery in Netanya, June 21, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)
June 21, 2024, 5:57 pm
‘Went out to fight and didn’t come home’: Funerals held for 2 soldiers killed in Gaza
Saadia Yaakov Derai was ‘gentle as a feather’; Omer Smadga, killed on his father’s birthday, insisted on serving: ‘You didn’t hesitate for a second’; 2 reservists killed in mortar strike
By ToI Staff
Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of Capt. Wassem Mahmoud during his funeral in the village of Beit Jann, northern Israel, June 16, 2024 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
June 16, 2024, 11:41 pm
11 funerals for IDF commanders, soldiers held across Israel as nation mourns
Troops killed in three separate incidents in Gaza laid to rest at funerals from north to south; Druze village of Beit Jann delays Eid al-Adha celebrations for day of mourning
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a state memorial ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers, at the National Hall For Israel's Fallen soldiers at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, May 13, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
May 13, 2024, 3:07 pm
‘You took my children’: Netanyahu heckled as Memorial Day marked at national cemetery
At military cemeteries across the country, somber ceremonies focus on the heavy losses of October 7; Gallant says war against Hamas will shape Israel’s future ‘for decades to come’
By ToI Staff
The Epstein project planned for west Jerusalem, dubbed the Burj Jerusalem. (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture)
April 9, 2024, 11:01 am
Planned ‘Jerusalem Burj’ skyscraper draws opposition over proximity to landmarks
200 objections lodged against plans for 200-meter tower, designed by Burj Khalifa architect’s firm, to overlook Yad Vashem and Mount Herzl military cemetery; would be capital’s tallest building
By Sue Surkes
Ashira Grinberg, wife of Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg, the Commander of the Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion, is comforted by Defense Minister Yoav Galant during his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on December 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 13, 2023, 8:03 pm
‘The best of the best’: Officers, soldiers killed in deadly Gaza ambush laid to rest
Top IDF brass attend funerals, with Col. Ben Basat, highest ranking officer killed in ground incursion, Lt. Col. Grinberg, head of Golani’s 13th battalion, among those laid to rest
By Michael Horovitz
Graves prepared at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, October 8, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90
October 16, 2023, 4:35 pm
As Israel buries its dead, volunteers honor them by digging their graves
At the largest cemeteries, funerals have been held day and night, requiring teams of volunteers to prepare fresh graves
By Shira Silkoff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial event for his brother Yoni, in front of Yoni's grave (foreground) at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 2, 2023, 12:39 am
Suspect arrested over threatening letter to Netanyahu left on brother’s grave
26-year-old from Kfar Saba in police, Shin Bet custody for note calling on premier to reconquer Gaza Strip, bring home captives
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu his wife Sara, family and friends attend a memorial ceremony for Netanyahu's brother, Yoni Netanyahu, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, in Jerusalem, on June 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2023, 2:06 pm
Letter threatening PM found on grave of his brother, Yoni Netanyahu
Police and Shin Bet investigating; note calls on Netanyahu to reconquer Gaza Strip, bring home captives; apparently unrelated to judicial overhaul disputes
By ToI Staff
A gravestone in the military section of the Mount of Olives cemetery that was found to be vandalized with graffiti, August 16, 2022. (Israel Police)
August 16, 2022, 1:25 pm
Hate slogans scrawled on gravestones in Mount of Olives cemetery
Two graves defaced with graffiti in military section of centuries-old Jerusalem burial ground
By ToI Staff
One of the graves at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery that bears a swastika. (Michael Field/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
May 26, 2020, 8:31 pm
US lawmakers urge removal of swastikas from POW graves in military cemeteries
House members call Nazi symbols on German soldiers’ tombstones ‘offensive to all the veterans who risked, and often lost, their lives defending this country’
By Marcy Oster
Golani Brigade soldiers stand guard near the grave of Sgt. First Class Amit Ben-Ygal, after it was vandalized, at the cemetery in Be'er Yaakov, May 15, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
May 18, 2020, 9:27 pm
Police arrest woman in suspected vandalism of soldier’s grave
Suspect, a 41-year-old from Rishon Lezion, brought in for questioning over signs of digging found at burial site of Amit Ben-Ygal, killed last week during West Bank operation
By ToI Staff
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