It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan, a week after the seventh day of Passover and a week before  Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers). It's the annual day of remembrance for the victims.

The fourth of Iyar, the day preceding Israel’s Independence Day, was declared by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) to be a Memorial Day for those who lost their lives in the struggle that led to the establishment of the State of Israel and for all military personnel who were killed while in active duty in Israel’s armed forces.

WEAR WHITE SHIRT & BLUE BOTTOMS. Israel's Day of Independence. This day marks the anniversary of the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948.