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Israel marks Memorial Day 2025 for the fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism Remembrance Day, Yom HaZikaron, is a day of collective and personal anguish mingled with honor for the fallen. Memorial Day, which begins this year on Tuesday evening, 29 April 2025, is a day of collective and personal anguish mingled with honor for the fallen. The official events begin at 8:00 PM with a moment of national silence heralded by a one-minute siren. According to data published by the Ministry of Defense: Snce 1860, the year that the first Jewish settlers left the secure walls of Jerusalem to build new Jewish neighborhoods, a total of 25,417 people died in defense of the Land of Israel . 5,229 men, women and children were killed in terrorist attacks. 4,503 civilians were killed since the establishment of the State of Israel. Of these, 79 were killed in the past year (since Memorial Day 2024). 934 civilians were killed in the Swords of Iron War. Of these, 778 were killed in the October 7 massacre. As happens every year, a siren will go off on the eve of Memorial Day at 8 p.m., and another one on Memorial Day itself at 11 a.m., during which the country will stand still for a moment of silence and remembrance for the fallen soldiers of the IDF. Memorial Day will end on Wednesday evening (30 April 2025), ushering in Israel’s 77th Independence Day.