Knesset Press Release • October 16, 2025
the knesset on Thursday marked National Memorial Day for the October 7 Disaster and the Swords of Iron War.
Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana (Likud) lit a memorial candle at the Knesset Members’ entrance to the parliament building, in memory of the victims of the October 7 massacre and those who fell in the ensuing war.
The Israeli flags in the official ceremonial plaza were lowered to half-staff, in the presence of speaker mk Ohana, Knesset Director General Moshe Chico Edri and Knesset Sergeant-at-Arms Yuval Chen, accompanied by an honor guard of members of the Knesset Guard.
Speaker MK Ohana also laid wreaths at the foot of the memorial for Israel’s fallen soldiers and the memorial for victims of hostile acts.