Life in Israel stood still for two minutes this Monday morning. on Holocaust Remembrance Day, as the air raid alarm sounded to commemorate the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II.

At 10:00 am local time. Alarm bells were heard throughout the country. and pedestrians and drivers stopped for two minutes. On the streets of West Jerusalem, several pedestrians stopped and raised blue and white flags.

They met in Tel Aviv images of cars stopped on the main highways of this city coastal, drivers stopped next to their stationary vehicles.

During this day, various commemorative events are planned throughout Israel, the most significant of which will take place in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), as well as at the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem (known as Yad Vashem in Hebrew), where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took part in the regional proposal.

When the President of Israel was preparing to hand over the state crown to the museum, a protester shouted about resignation, and, according to a video published by local media, he rebuked him in Hebrew: “We must not go down into the abyss again. What else do you need to get home?”

“Let the people of Israel remember their abandoned children!” he roared, referring to the more than 100 hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog remembered the horror of the Hamas attack on October 7, during the annual Knesset ceremony at which the names of murdered Jews were read out, and declared that “the wounds remain open.”

“Our eyes have seen things we never thought we would see again.” – Hezog said and remembered that the hostages were still in captivity after seven months of war. “The wounds of October 7 remain open in our hearts, we cry and cry, and we cannot remain silent while our brothers and sisters remain hostage,” he added.

(EFE)