Adolfo Cruz says waiting for word of his 10-year-old great-granddaughter is the heaviest moment of his life: 'It’s a shock... Uvalde has always been real friendly'

Every family to be indemnified for each deceased member; bereaved families' forum thanks ministers for acting in 'rare cooperation' between coalition and opposition

'I only cared about my Slava being injured': Victoria Fligelman describes moments after her partner Vyacheslav Golev was killed while shielding her from terrorists' bullets

Head of national organization for terror victims says political agitators were among those interrupting Bennett and others, vows to restrict entry in coming years

Country will come to standstill for siren at 11 a.m. followed by ceremonies paying respects to slain servicemembers and terror victim, before transitioning to Independence Day

Bennett appeals for national unity at commemoration event, warns enemies could exploit internal divides 'to harm us'

Flyer signed by dozens of people with fallen relatives is criticized by Eli Ben Shem, chairman of Yad Labanim, for mixing the mourning with politics

Odeh Abu Jaudah, whose son killed IDF soldier Ron Kokia in 2017, accused of intimidating Kokia's father by saying, 'We know where you live'

Funerals of childhood friends Tomer Morad and Eytam Magini held in a cemetery in Kfar Saba, where they grew up; Barak Lufan laid to rest in his hometown of Kibbutz Ginosar

Mother of Shirel Abukarat says family immigrated in 2006 'for security'; his mother's only son, Falah insisted on joining Border Police: 'It feels like a bad dream,' says teacher