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Israel Marks Holocaust Day, Urges Action Against Iran

4/13/2026

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Gideon Saar, Israeli Foreign Minister, linked memory to threats and condemned Iran as seeking Israel's destruction, urging Western nations to confront danger.
Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, Chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), described the Holocaust's impact and framed Israel's creation as defiance against oppression, calling for remembrance and IDF's defense role.
The observance honors six million Jews murdered and has been marked annually since 1951.

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Gideon Saar, Israeli Foreign Minister, linked memory to threats and condemned Iran as seeking Israel's destruction, urging Western nations to confront danger.
Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, Chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), described the Holocaust's impact and framed Israel's creation as defiance against oppression, calling for remembrance and IDF's defense role.
The observance honors six million Jews murdered and has been marked annually since 1951.