The Garden of the Missing in Action (Hebrew: גן הנעדרים, romanized: Gan HaNe'edarim, lit.

[2] The establishment of the Garden of the Missing was initiated by Moshe Oren, head of the Ministry of Defense Commemoration Division in 2003.

An annual memorial service for the missing soldiers of Israel takes place in the garden's main plaza on the Seventh of Adar, the day in the Hebrew calendar which marks the traditional date of the death of Moses, whose grave, according to the Bible, is known only to God.

[3] According to the rabbis, ransoming of captives is closely tied to the commandment of saving a life, and is thereby supremely important in Jewish law.

Jewish law obligates searching for those who are missing in action even if there is only a remote chance of finding the person.