Amid fears of a renewed coronavirus outbreak, families, friends and comrades of fallen soldiers and terror victims have been forced to adjust their mourning traditions this year
Police discourage families from visiting shut military cemeteries; sirens sound across country at 11 a.m. as Israelis remember fallen soldiers and victims of terror from home
Hundreds of Jews died in the fight for Jerusalem, including teenage immigrants and seasoned veterans; today, monuments and battle sites remain outside the capital
Organizers say nearly 200,000 watch controversial online event broadcast from Tel Aviv and Ramallah featuring grieving family members from both sides of conflict
Avraham Rubinstein, head of ultra-Orthodox city hit hard by outbreak, expresses appreciation in Memorial Day speech for troops who supplied residents during quarantine
As siren sounds and ceremony to honor the fallen held at an empty Western Wall, Rivlin says this year is particularly difficult for bereaved families, isolated in their homes
Visits to memorial sites and graves banned for all, including bereaved families, due to virus fears; High Court denies families' last-minute petition asking prohibition be lifted
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