Nahal memorial, Memorial cenotaph in Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel

The Nahal memorial is a commemorative site in Pardes Hanna-Karkur that features multiple architectural elements including a tower-like structure with water-inspired design, an amphitheater, and lecture halls. The grounds are designed to provide spaces for education, gatherings, and memorial ceremonies.

The idea of a monument arose in 1982, when the Nahal Brigade became a regular infantry brigade, but the site was built only in 1995. It was erected by the Association for the Commemoration of Nahal Fallen, founded by bereaved parents to replace the small memorial room at Camp 80, the brigade's training base. Pardes Hanna was chosen for its proximity to that camp, and the site commemorates 1,154 fallen of the Nahal track, the Nahal Brigade and the Education and Youth Corps.

The site displays the brigade's emblems of a sickle and sword throughout its design, representing both military duty and agricultural work that defined this unit. These symbols are visible across the grounds and remind visitors of the dual mission these soldiers carried out.

The memorial stands next to Pardes Hanna, near the Nahal training base known as Camp 80, which is why the town was chosen as the site. Besides the monument itself, the grounds hold a lecture hall, an amphitheatre and a grove with field-training facilities for youth activities. In summer, youth movements such as the Scouts, Maccabi Young, HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed and the Union of Agricultural Youth set up summer camps here.

The memorial was designed by architects Hanan Habaron and Michael Kraus, not a single architect. Its central tower is shaped to recall a water tower, a nod to the Nahal unit's role in settling the country. Around the grounds, agricultural tools and weapons are placed side by side.