Posts Tagged: Mount Herzl cemetery
Following Return of Remains to Family, Zechary Baumel Funeral to Take Place on Mount Herzl
JNS.org - The funeral of Sgt. First Class Zachary Baumel, who has been missing for 37 years since the battle of Sultan Yacoub during the Lebanon...
Graves of Israel’s Fallen Soldiers Adorned With Flags for Memorial Day
JNS.org - Slowly and silently, a group of IDF soldiers moved from section to section of the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday --...
Netanyahu, Abbas Shake Hands, Exchange Greetings at Peres Funeral
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shook hands and exchanged brief words at the funeral on Friday of Shimon Peres, the...
Independence Day Celebrations Begin in Israel With Torch-Lighting Ceremony
Independence Day celebrations began on Wednesday night with the traditional torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The theme of this year's ceremony is "civilian bravery"...
Netanyahu Berated at Memorial Service by Brother of Terror Victim
The annual state memorial service for victims of terror attacks took place at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Thousands Attend Funeral of Mexican-Born IDF Soldier Killed in Accident
JNS.org - Some 2,000 people on Thursday attended the funeral of Mexican-born Israel Defense Forces Capt. Yishai Rosales—killed days earlier in a training exercise at the...
Israel’s Fifth President, Yitzhak Navon, Buried at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery
Israel's fifth president, Yitzhak Navon, was buried at the Cemetery of the Nation’s Great on top of Mount Herzl in the capital on Sunday. In attendance...
Israel Remembers Fallen Soldiers of Operation Protective Edge
JNS.org - Israel on Monday held a ceremony marking one year since last summer’s Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza at the Mount Herzl military...
Israel Begins 67th Independence Day Celebrations With Torch-Lighting Ceremony
Haaretz - Israel began celebrating its 67th year of independence Wednesday night with a torch-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery that marked the transition from...
Israel Mourns Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Attack
JNS.org - Israel on Thursday mourned Staff Sgt. Dor Chaim Nini, 20, and Maj. Yochai Kalangel, 25, the two soldiers killed in Wednesday's Hezbollah...
Search for Terrorist Continues as Israeli Killed on Way to Seder Laid to Rest
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces has entrusted intelligence entities with the investigation into Monday evening's terror attack that left a high-ranking Israeli police...
