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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 502

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Wounded IDF paramedic Gaya Zubery (left) speaks with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi as he visits wounded soldiers at Sheba Medical Center. (IDF)
May 12, 2024, 8:51 pm
Healing the nation: Group of medical personnel to jointly light Independence Day torch
Hospital doctors, a nurse, a 20-year-old female IDF paramedic severely wounded in Gaza and a health nonprofit founder will share the honor
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Photographs of Israeli hostages being held in the Gaza Strip are seen on a house in Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel, December 20, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
April 14, 2024, 7:55 pm
Kibbutz Be’eri declines Independence Day torch-lighting role, rejecting ‘heroism’ theme
Gaza-adjacent community that suffered heavy losses on October 7 says ceremony gives no space for ‘tragedy’ of citizens ‘abandoned’ to terrorists
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Prof. Avi Rivkind of Hadassah Medical Center (left) and Dr. Khetam Hussein of Rambam Medical Center are among the torch-lighters at the national ceremony marking Israel's 75th Independence Day, April 25, 2023. (Courtesy)
April 25, 2023, 3:00 pm
Doctors tapped for Independence Day torchlighting hope to heal fractured nation
Shock trauma pioneer Prof. Avi Rivkind of Hadassah and infection control expert Dr. Khetam Hussein of Rambam inspired by Israeli medicine, hope for unity on Independence Day
By Renee Ghert-Zand
People watch the airshow during Israel's 74th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem, May 5, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 22, 2023, 10:08 am
Ahead of Israel’s 75th anniversary, majority pessimistic about nation’s future – poll
Survey shows 60% don’t feel represented by government; many believe ministers should stay away from Memorial Day ceremonies; 53% say judicial overhaul harming the country
By ToI Staff
Maccabi Tel Aviv's former head coach David Blatt poses for photographers with the Israeli cup, European club champions cup and the Israeli club champions trophy after a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel,Thursday, June 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
April 17, 2023, 5:53 am
Basketball coach Blatt, ex-general Kahalani tapped to light Independence Day torches
After delay, minister names honorees chosen to ignite beacons at annual ceremony, including philanthropist Sylvan Adams, comedian Shalom Assayag and head of Duvdevan commando unit
By ToI Staff
The commander of the Yamam police counter-terrorism unit lights a torch during the ceremony for Israel's 74th Independence Day at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on May 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 5, 2022, 10:40 am
Hidden behind hat and mask, police counterterror chief lights Independence Day torch
Commander of elite Yamam unit conceals his face as he becomes first torch-lighter to take part in state ceremony with identity under wraps
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Border Police officers with the Yamam counterterrorism unit during an operation. (Israel Police)
April 7, 2022, 1:26 pm
Police counterterror chief to light torch on Independence Day — in disguise
Commander of elite Yamam unit, who can only be identified by his first initial, is expected to obscure his appearance with a wig and sunglasses during the official state ceremony
By ToI Staff
The six Holocaust survivors serving as torchlighters for the annual Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony on April 7, 2021 lit memorial candles from rabbinical organization Tzohar​, which is partnering with Yad Vashem in the​ 'Generations Light the Way'​ project​, encouraging people to gather​ together​ to​ light​ six memorial​ candles, a format created last year with the onset of COVID in order to have ceremonies at home to mark Yom Hashoa (Courtesy Dena Wimpfheimer)
April 7, 2021, 6:36 pm
At Yad Vashem, six Holocaust survivors carry torch in memory of 6 million lost
With unique stories, six of a shrinking number of survivors honor those who were killed at official ceremony as Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Jessica Steinberg
Jeff Finkelstein, center, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, is interviewed several blocks from the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 27, 2018. (AP Photo/ Gene J. Puskar)
April 23, 2019, 12:56 am
Pittsburgh federation head picked to light Independence Day torch for Diaspora
In announcing honor, culture minister lauds Jeff Finkelstein’s efforts to heal Jewish community after synagogue shooting and to raise funds for New Zealand mosque massacre victims
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Survivors, some accompanied by their children or grandchildren, light six torches at Yad Vashem on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash 90)
April 10, 2018, 2:00 pm
Six survivors to light torches and give testimony at Yad Vashem ceremony
Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day begins Wednesday night, April 11, with annual ceremony
By Jessica Steinberg
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