Independence Day
![Joe Biden and Isaac Herzog during Biden's visit in Israel](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/05/14/e95d2380-11db-11ef-ae3e-5ba489b5eb8e__h331_w650.jpg)
US President Biden sent a letter to President Herzog in honor of Independence Day in which he said that, "US commitment to Israel's security is firm."
![Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, and Elbit to light a torch for Independence Day](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/13/072c8af0-1145-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h800_w800.jpeg)
Independence Day
The honor was given thanks to the effectiveness of Israel's anti-air systems, which have stopped many Hamas and Hezbollah projectiles and stopped Iran's drone and missile attack in April.
![Netanyahu may absent himself from Independence Day events to visit wounded soldiers](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/13/682a96b0-1142-11ef-ae3e-5ba489b5eb8e__h2022_w3031.jpg)
Independence Day
According to the Prime Minister's Office, his schedule remains unconfirmed.
Memorial Day, Independence Day
This decision comes due to the broadcasting of the lighting of 12 memorial torches in the Gaza Perimeter.
![Mahaneh Yehudah market.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/09/0c9e5470-0dfb-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h5183_w7771.jpg)
Israel
Israel now has 9.9 million residents, 7 million of whom are Jews, a twelve-fold increase in population since the state was founded.
![The Beacon Ceremony](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/31/29dadbf0-a7f1-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpg)
Upcoming Independence Day
Minister of Transportation Miri Regev was appointed to be in charge of the events of the 76th anniversary of the State of Israel which will be marked "Israeli heroism" and in which expression will be given to all the events of heroism that accompanied the terrible massacre and the war.