COVID-19: DAILY LIFE in Virus Wartime: Israel

Rebecca mourns her brother Yehuda Ben Arush, killed in Bethlehem in 1997 while in IDF reserve duty, 35, married and the father of two. Families visit the graves of the fallen at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, to be commemorated 28th April, 2020. Military Cemeteries will close today at 14:00 as government will impose a total lockdown nationwide on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.

COVID-19: DAILY LIFE in Virus Wartime: Israel

Rebecca mourns her brother Yehuda Ben Arush, killed in Bethlehem in 1997 while in IDF reserve duty, 35, married and the father of two. Families visit the graves of the fallen at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, to be commemorated 28th April, 2020. Military Cemeteries will close today at 14:00 as government will impose a total lockdown nationwide on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.

COVID-19: DAILY LIFE in Virus Wartime: Israel

Rebecca mourns her brother Yehuda Ben Arush, killed in Bethlehem in 1997 while in IDF reserve duty, 35, married and the father of two. Families visit the graves of the fallen at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, to be commemorated 28th April, 2020. Military Cemeteries will close today at 14:00 as government will impose a total lockdown nationwide on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.

COVID-19: DAILY LIFE in Virus Wartime: Israel

Rebecca mourns her brother Yehuda Ben Arush, killed in Bethlehem in 1997 while in IDF reserve duty, 35, married and the father of two. Families visit the graves of the fallen at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, to be commemorated 28th April, 2020. Military Cemeteries will close today at 14:00 as government will impose a total lockdown nationwide on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.

COVID-19: DAILY LIFE in Virus Wartime: Israel

Rebecca mourns her brother Yehuda Ben Arush, killed in Bethlehem in 1997 while in IDF reserve duty, 35, married and the father of two. Families visit the graves of the fallen at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, to be commemorated 28th April, 2020. Military Cemeteries will close today at 14:00 as government will impose a total lockdown nationwide on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.

COVID-19: DAILY LIFE in Virus Wartime: Israel

Rebecca mourns her brother Yehuda Ben Arush, killed in Bethlehem in 1997 while in IDF reserve duty, 35, married and the father of two. Families visit the graves of the fallen at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, to be commemorated 28th April, 2020. Military Cemeteries will close today at 14:00 as government will impose a total lockdown nationwide on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.

COVID-19: DAILY LIFE in Virus Wartime: Israel

Families visit the graves of the fallen at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, to be commemorated 28th April, 2020. Military Cemeteries will close today at 14:00 as government will impose a total lockdown nationwide on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.

COVID-19: LOCKDOWN: Memorial Day in Israel

Israelis take to their balconies to sing the Hatikva, the Israeli National Anthem, at the conclusion of a ceremony marking the beginning of Memorial Day, conducted at the Western Wall without an audience and broadcast live, nationwide, on television. The government has imposed a total lockdown on Memorial Day and the following Independence Day in an attempt to further curb COVID-19 spread.