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Wednesday, 15 November, 2000, 16:17 GMT
In pictures: Rabin funeral
Leah Rabin, wife of the assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has been buried next to her husband's grave on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem.
Earlier her family lead mourners in an outdoor memorial service ahead of the burial. Thousands of Israelis of all ages paid homage to Mrs Rabin as her coffin lay in state in Tel Aviv on the spot where her husband was shot dead.
![]() Mrs Rabin has been buried next to her husband's grave on Mount Herzl
![]() Hillary Clinton - one of the many foreign dignitaries to attend the funeral -described Mrs Rabin as an "ambassador for peace"
![]() Leah Rabin's daughter and grandchildren attending an outdoor memorial service.
![]() Mrs Rabin's grandchildren during the ceremony held on the same spot where Yitzhak Rabin was shot
![]() Thousands of Israelis paid their last respects to Leah Rabin before her burial
![]() People of all ages - religious and secular - filed past
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