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Israel comes to standstill for Holocaust day, honors 6 million Jews killed
Israeli drivers stop and stand in silence in Tel Aviv on April 28, 2022, as sirens wail across Israel for two minutes marking the annual Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Day in memory of the six million Jewish men, women and children murdere TEL AVIV, Israel - Sirens blared across Israel early Thursday as the country came to a standstill in an annual ritual honoring the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.People halted where they were walking, and drivers stopped their cars to get out of the vehicles as people bowed their heads in memory of the victims of the Nazi genocide. Ceremonies were planned throughout the day at Israel's national Holocaust memorial, parliament and elsewhere.Israel was founded in 1948 as a sanctuary for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust.