Garden of the Missing in Action

The Garden of the Missing in Action (Garden of the Missings גן הנעדרים, Gan HaNe'edarim) is an unknown soldier memorial and commemorative garden on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem dedicated to Israeli MIAs.

The garden memorializes fighters and officers of the Israel Defense Forces and pre-state MIAs from 1914 until today whose resting place is unknown. The garden was inaugurated in February 2004 in a ceremony attended by army chiefs, the Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, and members of the Jerusalem Municipality. The garden also contains memorials to those lost aboard the submarine INS Dakar and the 23 Who Went Down at Sea. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, over 400 Israeli soldiers have been declared "Missing in Action." The construction of the Garden of the Missing on Mt. Herzl was initiated and headed by Moshe Oren, as head of the Ministry of Defense Commemoration Division.

An annual memorial service for the Missing Soldiers of Israel takes place in the garden's main plaza on Seventh of Adar day.