Funeral

Iran prepares to bury slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with week of mass mourning

Iran's supreme leader was killed by US and Israeli strikes in their first attack of the war and the funeral events will begin over the weekend in Tehran, with mass processions planned next week.

PEOPLE RIDE motorcycles near a billboard with an image of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2026.
Abe Foxman delivering remarks on April 23, 2025, during the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Inset, Foxman with the nanny who hid him during the Holocaust, Bronislawa Kurpi.

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A panoramic view of the Mount of Olives

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IDF soldier suffering from self-inflicted gunshot succumbs to his wounds

The soldier was named as Corporal Dan Mandel Philipson, 18, from Norway. He was a combat soldier in training in the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade. 

IDF soldiers pay respects to loved ones who fell in battle at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

Funeral processions held in Tehran for IRGC, nuclear scientists killed in Operation Rising Lion

Iranian authorities said 627 people were killed in Iran, where the extent of the damage could not be independently confirmed because of tight restrictions on the media.

 People attend the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2025.

Heartbroken passenger shares TikTok video after missing grandfather's funeral due to Ryanair disput

After staff demanded extra fees for her backpack, Carmen Díaz Guadamuro missed her flight and her grandfather's final moments.

 Heartbroken passenger shares TikTok video after missing grandfather's funeral due to Ryanair dispute. Illustration.

Hundreds in attendance as slain Israeli soldier Alon Farkas laid to rest

“You were always at the center of things, smiling and leaving your mark wherever you went," a representative of the IDF said.

 Family and friends of Israeli soldier St.-Sgt.-Maj. (Res.) Alon Farkas attend his funeral in Pardes Hanna, June 5, 2025

‘We are crying for you’: Hundreds mourn at funeral of 15-day-old baby terror victim Ravid Gez

Baby Ravid was born via emergency C-section after prolonged resuscitation efforts failed to save his 30-year-old mother, Tzeela Gez.

Hananel Gez, father of two-week-old Ravid Haim, who was delivered after his mother Tzeela Gez was shot dead in the West Bank while driving to the hospital with her husband to give birth, carries him during his funeral, in Jerusalem, May 29, 2025. Haim died two weeks after his birth by emergency C-se

Supposedly dead Iván wakes up, funeral turns into viral sensation

Incident being investigated as possible case of catalepsy, say local media.

 Supposedly dead Iván wakes up, funeral turns into viral sensation.

‘Now you are free’: Sergeant who killed Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 takes own life

St.-Sgt.-Maj. Igor Pivnev shared his story of heroism several times. But friends and family now believe he kept much of his pain to himself—until the emotional toll became too much. 

 Sgt. Igor Pivnev.

Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman is laid to rest at military funeral in Holon

Feldman fought in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub between Israel and Syria in June 1982, in which six soldiers were declared missing in action. His remains were recovered from Syria after 43 years.

 Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman's remains in a coffin being laid to rest in a military funeral in Holon Military Cemetery, May 12, 2025.

'Even Iran sent a minister': Did petty politics keep Israel from sending rep to the Pope's funeral?

Conference of European Rabbis President Pinchas Goldschmidt discusses Pope Francis' legacy on Israel and views on the Ukraine war and Israel-Hamas war.

 Faithful and members of the clergy attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025.

Songs from the Bibas funeral soar to the top of Spotify’s charts

Yarden chose to dedicate “Roman Sky” by Avenged Sevenfold for Shiri and “I Thank You Child” by Zakk Wylde to his children, which has soared to first place.

 People come out to pay respects for the Bibas family in front of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, Feburay 27, 2025.