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Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israeli leaders and Holocaust survivors are gathering in Jerusalem to mark the country’s annual Holocaust Memorial Day.
The Holocaust is considered a central event in modern Jewish history and key to Israel’s society.
Fewer than 200,000 elderly survivors remain in Israel.
Six survivors were lighting symbolic torches at the ceremony. The Israeli flag flies at half staff, poems are read and the Jewish prayer for the dead is recited. – Text by Reuters and photos by Agencies.
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