11 funerals for IDF commanders, soldiers held across Israel as …
Jun 16, 2024 · Eleven funerals were held across Israel on Sunday for Israel Defense Forces troops who died over the weekend in three separate incidents in fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Guide to Burying a Loved One in Israel - Itim
Jewish funerals are divided into three parts: the rending of the families’ clothes, eulogies, and burial. Family and friends usually gather in funeral halls near cemeteries to pay respects to the deceased, offer eulogies, and comfort the bereaved. They then accompany the body to the gravesite for burial.
Hundreds mourn as Israeli family of 5 that was slain together is …
Oct 18, 2023 · GAN YAVNE, Israel (AP) — An Israeli family of five whose bodies were discovered in each other’s arms after being killed by Hamas militants were buried together in a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners.
I grieved at a funeral in Israel this week. But not for too long ...
Oct 12, 2023 · More than 1,300 funerals for victims of Hamas’ attack are taking place in Israel this week. Family and friends attend the funeral of Jonathan Steinberg, the commander of the Israel Defense...
Hezbollah announces funeral for slain longtime leader Hassan …
15 hours ago · BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese Hezbollah group Sunday announced the funeral of its longtime leader will take place on Feb. 23, months after he was assassinated in a series of Israeli airstrikes in a southern Beirut suburb. Secretary-General Naim Kassem made the announcement regarding his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in a pre-recorded speech. It came days after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement ...
Hezbollah to hold a 'solemn' funeral for slain leaders
12 hours ago · The joint funeral, which will take place after the extended cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel expires on Feb. 18, will be attended by "personalities and political parties" from Lebanon and ...
In pictures: Funerals in Israel and Gaza as deaths climb
Oct 20, 2023 · People hold Israeli flags as friends and family mourn Dor Reder, who was killed following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, at his funeral in Beit Kama, southern...
Funeral held for Israeli hostage Almog Sarusi after his body …
Sep 2, 2024 · The funeral was held on Sunday for one of the six hostages whose bodies were recovered by the Israeli military from Gaza. (AP Video by Shlomo Mor)
The Funeral of Believing Soldier Aviel Wiseman: Gone to Glory
Staff Sgt. Aviel Wiseman was a fourth generation Messianic Jewish believer from Poriya Illit in the Galilee region. Around a thousand people gathered for his funeral. He and four other soldiers from the Nahal Reconnaissance Unit fell in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, when a building collapsed.
Thousands line streets for funeral of American-Israeli hostage …
Sep 2, 2024 · Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Jerusalem on Monday to bid farewell to slain American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the best-known faces of those seized by Hamas-led...