PM interrupted during memorial address after saying he plans to approve national commemoration hall for terror victims once he forms 'next government'

Two-minute siren commemorating 23,928 troops and victims of terror brings country to a halt; Netanyahu at ceremony: 'Never remain complacent in the face of threats of annihilation'

Memorial Day is a poignant date to visit the Mahal monument and grounds, in the verdant Judean Hills west of Jerusalem, dedicated to those who gave their lives for the state

Foreign Ministry and Israeli embassies to use diplomatic mail to bring stones, each with a handwritten personal message; volunteers to place them on graves of the fallen

In piece sent to media outlets, Aviv Kohavi calls partisan treatment of soldiers killed fighting for Israel a 'red line,' days after PM's supporters insulted family of slain pilot

IDF soldier Amit Ben-Ygal, 21, killed in predawn West Bank raid, was fulfilling a 'dream' of elite military service, tearful parents tell media

Family project succeeds in cultivating plant, producing memorial pins that connect ancient legend of heroism with modern day martyrs

Yad Labanim says date set by Knesset legal adviser if Israel goes to another vote clashes with memorial day for IDF soldiers whose burial place is unknown

Martha Motzen, a Holocaust survivor, hosted her son Avraham's friends every three weeks until her death this week at 92, on the eve of Memorial Day

Nicolas Bauman, who died in France in 2009, bequeathed €13 million euros to the state; special JNF-KKL and Justice Ministry fund to focus on helping bereaved siblings