JERUSALEM — Israel briefly came to a standstill on Thursday with the morning bustle halted for two minutes at 10:00 am (0700 GMT) as sirens blared to honor the victims of the Holocaust.
In an annual ritual, pedestrians froze in place and drivers stopped and stood in silence beside their vehicles, honoring the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War Two.
Ceremonies took place across the country, in contrast to last year when coronavirus restrictions forced most memorials to be held online only and when the aging survivors of the genocide were confined indoors.
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