Sirens sounded across Israel this morning, bringing life to a stand-still as millions of Israelis observed a moment of silence to honour the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
The two-minute siren at 10am (8.00am Irish time) is an annual tradition marking Israel's Holocaust remembrance day, which began last night and ends at sundown today.
Pedestrians froze in their tracks, buses stopped on busy streets, and cars on major highways pulled over as the country paused to pay respect to the six million Jews killed by the Nazis.
The siren also opened an official ceremony at Yad Vashem, the country's official Holocaust memorial and museum.
Television stations devoted their broadcasts to historical documentaries and movies, and radio stations played sombre music and interviews with survivors.