Israelis came to a halt Tuesday during a two-minute siren in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. The siren was followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem and name-reading ceremonies at the Knesset and around the country.
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