Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate lights the Memorial Torch at the beginning of the ceremony
President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony 
IDF soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony
Holocaust survivor Baruch Kopold lights one of the six torches at the ceremonySource: Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem [Facebook]