Sirens wailed across Israel as over 7 million Jews stood in silence to honor the victims of the Holocaust—remembering the atrocities endured, celebrating the resilience of the living, and ensuring their stories are never forgotten.

Women’s Protest held silent demonstration during Yom Hashoa siren at Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv — honoring Holocaust victims and calling for the return of the hostages.

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— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) April 24, 2025

This siren marks two minutes of silence across Israel for Yom HaShoah, a solemn tribute to the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. A moment to remember. A moment to never forget. NEVER AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/Q1LVaQsbFe

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At the Kotel during the Yom HaShoah siren.

The entire country pauses for 2 minutes each year on Holocaust Memorial Day in remembrance of all those who perished.

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“If we hadn’t entered the bomb shelter, it could have ended in disaster,” says woman whose family home was damaged by a ballistic missile fragment.

By World Israel News Staff

Shrapnel from a Houthi-launched ballistic missile shot down by the Israeli Air Force early Wednesday morning damaged a house in central Israel, with the overnight attack sending millions of people to bomb shelters.

Sirens wailed across multiple regions of Israel, including the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh, and Ben-Gurion Airport at around 4:20 a.m. Following the sirens, the airport suspended activity for approximately 30 minutes before returning to normal operations.

Magen David Adom paramedics treated nine people who were injured while running to bomb shelters.

Initially, the military claimed that the missile had been intercepted outside of Israeli airspace, but pieces of debris from the interception and the missile itself were reportedly found in at least three different areas.

Large pieces of shrapnel landed in the front yard of the Steinberg-Golan family, who live in Be’er Yaakov, a suburb of Israel’s fourth largest city, Rishon LeZion.

Speaking to Hebrew-language outlet Walla, Shira Steinberg-Golan said she was shocked to discover “a missile fragment as tall as me” in her backyard.

An external air conditioning unit had been blown off the side of the house, with half of the tiling on the patio smashed from the impact.

“If we hadn’t entered the bomb shelter, it could have ended in disaster,” she said.

Meital Merhav, an American cousin visiting the family, told Walla that she had arrived in Israel from New York only five days ago. In that short amount of time, she already heard three air raid sirens.

“It’s a shock. The whole thing with sirens is new to me. Luckily, I slept in the bomb shelter,” Merhav said.

“The family is okay. We couldn’t believe it struck here in the yard. No one could imagine that anything like this could happen,” she added.

“We went outside, opened the door, and saw that the missile fragment was here. Luckily, it only ended with property damage. It’s a traumatic experience, but [we’re] glad everyone is okay.”

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“We will not stop until the aggression against our people in Gaza stops,” says Houthi official.

By World Israel News Staff

A ballistic missile launched by the Houthis in the early hours of Tuesday morning was successfully intercepted by Israel’s air defenses, with no damage caused by falling shrapnel.

However, sirens sounded in large swathes of the country, including the cities of Tel Aviv, Lod, Ashdod, and Arad, including their surrounding suburbs.

The alarms, which were triggered at 1:45 a.m., sent approximately four million Israelis into bomb shelters.

In a statement, the Magen David Adom emergency response organization said it had treated at least 25 Israelis who were injured while running to protected spaces.

One 60-year-old woman from the Tel Aviv area was seriously injured, paramedics said. She sustained a head wound and is currently hospitalized.

Houthi official Hezam al-Asad pledged that the Houthis will continue their attacks on Israel, despite recent airstrikes by the IAF and U.S. coalition forces on their assets.

“We will not stop until the aggression against our people in Gaza stops,” al-Asad wrote on his X account shortly after the launch.

“[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu will learn that his dreams of a new Middle East are nothing but a punishment for him and his imported entity.”

The launch on Tuesday morning marks the third time in five days that the Yemen-based terror group has attacked Israel.

Last Thursday, a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis destroyed an elementary school in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan. The school was closed at the time of the attack, and there were no casualties.

Last Saturday, another ballistic missile struck a park in south Tel Aviv, wounding at least 16 people. While there was no one in the park at the time of the impact, the force of the explosion shattered windows and caused debris to fall in nearby apartment buildings.

A three-year-old girl was wounded by shattered glass and transported to a hospital.

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Road 91 is one of the Golan’s key traffic arteries, and several army bases along that road were being targeted by Hezbollah.

By Pesach Benson, TPS

The Israel Defense Force’s preliminary investigation into the rocket strike that killed two Golan residents in their car on Tuesday revealed that no interceptor was launched because the Air Force classifies roads as “open areas.”

The Air Force, which oversees Israel’s air defense systems, prioritizes protecting “populated areas.”

Nir and Noa Baranes were killed when a rocket fired by Hezbollah directly hit their car on Road 91 at the Nof Junction in the Golan Heights, a 10-minute drive from their home on Kibbutz Ortal.

Road 91 is one of the Golan’s key traffic arteries, and there are several army bases along that road that were being targeted by Hezbollah.

However, Home Front Command apps warning civilians of missile attacks do not alert the public about attacks on military facilities.

In a further twist, the army has been disrupting GPS signals in northern Israel in a bid to scramble the signals of enemy missiles and drones.

As a result, it is believed that husband and wife never received an alert about the barrage.

Nir was the manager of the agricultural kibbutz’s chicken coops. Noa was a secretary in the kibbutz’s plantation division. Both were 46 years old. They are survived by three children, ages 13-18.

Hezbollah fired a barrage of 40 rockets at northern Israel in what it said was retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that killed Yasser Karnabash, a former personal bodyguard of the terror group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Karnabash, who was killed while driving on the Beirut-Damascus Highway, was active in a Hezbollah unit overseeing arms transfers from Syria to Lebanon.

Around 60,000 Israelis living in northern communities were forced to evacuate in October when the Hezbollah terror organization began daily rocket and drone attacks.

Leaders of the Iran-backed terror group have said they will continue the attacks to prevent Israelis from returning to their homes. Hezbollah attacks have killed 12 civilians and 16 soldiers.

Israeli officials have been calling for Hezbollah to be disarmed and removed from Southern Lebanon in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

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