JERUSALEM, Israel—For two minutes, life came to a standstill as sirens shrieked across Israel Wednesday morning.
Drivers pulled over, got out of their vehicles, and stood on the interstate, some with their head bowed. This was not a siren to warn of a coming strike, but to honor those who had paid the ultimate sacrifice for Israel’s existence.
The same siren sounded Tuesday evening to mark the start of Israel’s Memorial Day, called Yom HaZikaron, which commemorates the soldiers who have died in service to Israel, and all Israeli lives lost at the hands of terrorists.
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