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Israel’s Yad Vashem Opens New Conservation Center for Holocaust-Era Artifacts in Jerusalem
The new Moshal Shoah Legacy Campus. Photo: Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem, Israel’s national memorial to the Holocaust, opened a new conservation facility in Jerusalem on Monday that will help house the museum’s continuously expanding collection of more than 230 million Holocaust-era pieces of art, artifacts, and documentation.
The new Moshal Shoah Legacy Campus, which includes the new David and Fela Shapell Family Collections Center, located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, will provide storage, preservation, and conservation for the world’s largest repository of Holocaust-related items that include artwork, photographs, and testimonies.
The David and Fela Shapell Family Collections Center is a “state-of-the-art complex providing the latest solutions for optimal preservation,” according to Yad Vashem. It will help preserve the voices and stories of Holocaust victims and survivors for posterity. The Moshal Shoah Legacy Campus was endowed by Ilana and Martin Moshal in memory of Ilana’s great-grandparents, great-uncle, cousins of the Moshal family, and others who were murdered in the Holocaust.
“This facility ensures that future generations will have access to the personal stories and historical documents that are vital to understanding and remembering the atrocities of the past,” said Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan.
“The Nazis sought not only to destroy the Jewish people but also to murder our identity, memory, culture, and heritage. Today, however, we give a voice to every object because each one carries a story — a story of life, hope, and pain,” said Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, who attended the inauguration ceremony for the new Yad Vashem facility. “The powerful buildings we inaugurated today will help ensure the history and lessons of the Holocaust resonate with all of humanity for generations to come.”
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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