Updated: May 8, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Israeli Soldiers pay their respects at Mt. Herzl Military cemetery (8 images)
By Wade Sheridan
Israeli Soldiers place national flags and pay their respects to the dead at Mt. Herzl Military cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Israel's Memorial Day, known as Yom HaZikaron, will be observed from sunset May 12 until sunset May 13.
An Israeli soldier places a national flag with a black ribbon on the grave of a soldier ahead of Memorial Day for fallen soldiers at the Mt. Herzl Military cemetery in Jerusalem on May 8, 2024. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
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Israel will observe its Memorial Day known as Yom HaZikaron from sunset May 12 until sunset May 13, when Independence Day, known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, begins. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
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Yom Ha'atzmaut is Isreal's national day, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
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