New Delhi, April 22 -- Israelis marked the country's annual Memorial Day on Tuesday, a somber day of reflection filled with ceremonies at cemeteries and sirens when the whole country stops for two minutes of silence to remember the fallen.

In downtown Tel Aviv, many people visited an informal memorial that sprouted up around a sunny, circular fountain immediately after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack that killed more than 1,200 people.

Surrounding the fountain are photos, artwork, candles, and stickers memorializing the fallen, now faded by the sun and wrinkled by time, surrounded by trendy coffee shops that typically are filled with people chatting and working on laptops.

The dichotomy of so many photos of young people who have been ki...