Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the ceremony opening Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism that "the wound is deeper than time, time passes but does not erase the moment of the news that is the bitterest of all. The nation remembers, the nation salutes, the nation expresses deep gratitude to the sons and daughters thanks to whom our existence has been secured." He added: "Today we have the strength and spirit to strike back at our enemies. Iran rose up against us to destroy us with atomic bombs, but we acted and destroyed the murder plot. Like a lion cub the nation rises, like a lion it roars."