The State of Israel on Tuesday marks the Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars and Victims of Terror.
The memorial events, which began on Monday evening at the Western Wall, continue throughout the day, honoring the sacrifices of the fallen at official ceremonies.
The day's events began at 08:30 a.m. with the reading of the names of the fallen at the Hall of Remembrance on Mount Herzl. At 11:00 a.m., a two-minute siren sounded nationwide, followed immediately by official memorial ceremonies at military cemeteries across Israel. The central state ceremony was held at Mount Herzl and was attended by President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit.
During the ceremony, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “The ayatollah regime in Iran planned another Holocaust. It plotted to destroy us with nuclear bombs and thousands of ballistic missiles. If we had not acted decisively,the names of the sites of death, Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, could have joined the names of the death camps of the Holocaust-Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka. That did not happen; we pushed an existential threat away from us."
At 1:00 p.m., the state memorial ceremony for victims of terror will take place at the memorial plaza on Mount Herzl.
Memorial Day will come to a close at 7:45 p.m., with the traditional torch-lighting ceremony at Mount Herzl, opening the celebrations of Israel’s 78th Independence Day.