The President of the State awarded the President of Argentina the "President's Medal" in recognition of his efforts for the State of Israel. The President of the State: "We welcome and embrace you upon your arrival."

Photo: Elad Malka

Trump told PBS News that if the ceasefire with Iran ends, "a lot of bombs will start exploding."

IDF: The Air Force eliminated Hezbollah militants in the Bint Jbeil area after they violated the ceasefire understandings and approached the paratroopers in a threatening manner.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Megyiar says he will arrest PM Netanyahu if he comes to Hungary:

"I made it clear to the Prime Minister of Israel that we will not back down, and that Hungary intends to remain a member of the International Criminal Court.

If a person against whom an arrest warrant exists enters the territory of a country that is a member of the ICC, they must be arrested."

Lebanese channels identified with Hezbollah are (painfully) publishing Israeli footage of IDF forces in Bint Jbeil and Aitaroun in southern Lebanon.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana opened the Memorial Day events at the Knesset with the lighting of the Yizkor candle together with the family of Border Police officer Uri Makhtayev, of blessed memory, who was killed by a gunshot, and with the father of Sergeant Amit Friedman, of blessed memory, who was killed in a clash with terrorists in the Gaza Strip

On the eve of Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers of Israel and victims of hostilities | Israeli flags at the Knesset plaza in Jerusalem were lowered to half-mast.

Photo: Noam Mushkovich, Knesset Spokesperson

The chairman of the Iranian parliament, Kalibaf, in an aggressive message: "Trump is trying, through the siege, to imagine the negotiation table as a surrender table or to justify a return to fighting. We do not agree to negotiate under threats, and in the last two weeks we have prepared new cards on the battlefield"

Prime Minister Netanyahu puts on the tefillin of Golani fighter Sean Carmeli who fell in "Operation Protective Edge"

(Amit Segal)

The White House: To be clear, President Trump will not drag the US into another disastrous deal with Iran.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced that for the first time in decades Japan will begin selling weapons to various countries, contrary to the pacifist stance the country adopted after World War II. Japan will now be able to sell, among other things, warships to Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia

"This is a necessary move in an increasingly challenging security environment," Takayichi wrote, "No country can defend itself alone"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recorded message to bereaved families: "Memorial Day does not mean that every other day of the year is a day of forgetting. There is no day without tears, no day without a feeling of sorrow, no day without a longing that burns in the heart. The collective memory touches the foundations of our existence, as a country that constantly fights for its security."

Defense Minister Katz at the ceremony reading the names of Israel's fallen soldiers: "Among all the wars, there is a clear and direct connecting line: Israel is still fighting for its existence and its future - and our independence is not something given to us without a price"

Defense Minister Katz at the ceremony reading the names of Israel's fallen soldiers: "Among all the wars, there is a clear and direct connecting line: Israel is still fighting for its existence and its future - and our independence is not something given to us without a price"

Sirens set to ring out across Israel to mark Memorial Day for fallen soldiers, terror victims

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The Spanish Foreign Minister: Spain, Slovenia, and Ireland have asked the European Union to discuss suspending the Partnership Agreement with Israel.

Our fighters singing Hatikvah somewhere in Lebanon