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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 367

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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 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
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
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
Vandalized graves in a British military cemetery in Haifa, October 11, 2019. (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
March 4, 2020, 6:24 pm
Man charged over swastika graffiti at British military cemetery in Haifa
Suspect, 35, also accused of daubing Nazi symbols on local kindergarten, supermarket, sexually harassing female police officers
By ToI Staff
Lieutenant Avshalom Armoni, one of two IDF soldiers killed in a training accident on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 (courtesy)
September 28, 2017, 4:59 pm
‘Now come home,’ eulogizes father of soldier killed in training accident
Hundreds accompany Lt. Avshalom Armoni as he is laid to rest at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Funeral of IDF soldier Sgt. Avinoam Cohen at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, September 27, 2017. Cohan and another soldier were killed the night before in a training accident when their military vehicle turned over during an exercise in the Golan Heights. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 27, 2017, 7:51 pm
Hundreds attend funeral of IDF soldier killed in training accident
Sgt. Avinoam Cohen laid to rest at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem; second soldier killed in incident to be buried Thursday
By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross
Israeli soldiers carry the carry the coffin of Cpt. Yishai Rosales, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on January 7, 2016. Rosales died at a training exercise on an army base in southern Israel on Tuesday. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 7, 2016, 1:18 am
1,000 pay respects to IDF officer, an immigrant from Mexico, killed in accident
Mourners heed family’s call to attend Mount Herzl funeral of Cpt. Yishai Rosales, most of whose relatives live abroad
By ToI Staff
Cpt. Yishai Rosales, who was killed during an IDF training exercise on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 (screen capture)
January 6, 2016, 10:24 pm
Family of IDF officer killed in accident asks public to attend funeral
Yishai Rosales being buried in Jerusalem late Wednesday night; family grieves ‘extraordinary’ son; most relatives are in Mexico
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative photo of Israeli artillery on the Lebanese border, January 28, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson)
January 29, 2015, 7:11 am
Soldiers to be laid to rest after quiet night in Israel’s north
As Jerusalem weighs its options and UN debates possible measures to restore calm, Cpt. Yochai Kalengel and Sgt. Dor Nini will be buried near their homes Thursday
By ToI Staff, AFP and AP
Uniform graves, regardless of rank or distinction, at Mount Herzl (Photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg/ Times of Israel)
May 5, 2014, 8:27 am
On Mount Herzl, with the keepers of the graves
A look at how the national military cemetery was founded, how it has changed, and how its staff strives daily to ease the unending pain of the bereaved
By Mitch Ginsburg
Soldiers and citizens standing near the graves of fallen IDF soldiers as the two-minute-siren marking Memorial Day is sounded across the country, in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl during Memorial Day in 2013 (photo credit: Gili Yaair/Flash90)
July 7, 2013, 10:03 am
After Knesset balks, IDF to directly integrate military burials
Ya’alon to put Jews and non-Jews in different rows of same section, after bill to bury soldiers together shelved due to religious MK opposition
By Haviv Rettig Gur and Gavriel Fiske
Israelis mourning at a gravesite on Mount Herzl in April. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 4, 2013, 1:10 pm
Soldier burial bill faces mounting opposition
Jewish Home party turns against initiative to bury Jewish and non-Jewish troops alongside each other; IDF set to present its position
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Illustrative photo of soldiers standing near the graves of fallen comrades at the Mount Herzl military cemetery, Jerusalem, ahead of Memorial Day, 2012. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)
June 27, 2013, 11:00 am
Non-Jewish soldiers may be buried with Jewish comrades
MK Elazar Stern, a former IDF major-general and observant Jew, seeks an end to separate burial plots in military cemeteries
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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