{"id":21368,"date":"2025-04-30T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=21368"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:39:46","slug":"even-in-the-air-a-nation-stands-still-in-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/even-in-the-air-a-nation-stands-still-in-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Even in the Air a Nation Stands Still in Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At exactly 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, as a two-minute siren echoed across Israel in honor of Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, El Al joined in from above. Onboard its flights, El Al service managers announced a moment of silence\u2014and passengers stood, many with eyes closed, emotionally connected to Israel from afar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear passengers, today we mark in Israel the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Hostile Acts,\u201d said the announcement over the loudspeaker. \u201cSince October 7, many more families have joined the circle of bereavement, having lost what was dearest to them. Each one a whole world\u2014and the pain is unbearable,\u201d the crew added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"iw\">\u05e6\u05e4\u05d5: \u05e8\u05d2\u05e2 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d3\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8 \u2013 \u05d4\u05e6\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05e2\u05ea \u05d2\u05dd \u05d1\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd (\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d0\u05dc \u05e2\u05dc) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8NsYCmNctW\">pic.twitter.com\/8NsYCmNctW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u05d3\u05e1\u05e7 \u05e8\u05d2\u05e2 (@deskrega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deskrega\/status\/1917492465935999288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pausing to mourn<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWe bow our heads in memory of the fallen, embrace the bereaved families, and take a moment to grieve, to connect, to honor and remember. During this flight, at 11:00 a.m. Israel time, a two-minute siren will sound in memory of the fallen. You are invited to join us by standing at your seats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video footage shared from the flight captured a rare and powerful image: total silence on a commercial airliner. Passengers stood\u2014some with hands clasped, others with closed eyes, and a few visibly in tears. Even in the skies, it seems, one can stand for the siren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: Passengers on an El Al flight pause everything to remember Israel\u2019s fallen, in a moving moment of silence midair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":21371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,88,6],"tags":[4994,1589,4995,4461,3818,4974,4997,4996,1514,4962],"class_list":["post-21368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-will-remember","category-security","tag-diaspora-solidarity","tag-el-al","tag-in-flight-commemoration","tag-israeli-airlines","tag-israeli-unity","tag-memorial-day-for-fallen-soldiers-and-victims-of-terror","tag-moment-of-silence","tag-national-mourning","tag-october-7","tag-yom-hazikaron"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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