Chief of Staff, Head of Mossad and Shin Bet Attendance at the Small Ceremony for Memorial Day • Kochavi: "The decision on closure was difficult but justified, distance does not prevent closeness"
Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi during the "Flag for Fall" ceremony // Photo: IDF Spokesman
The IDF held the "Flag for Fall" ceremony on Mount Herzl (Sunday).
Chief of Staff, Maj. Aviv Kochavi, said at the "Flag for Fall" ceremony at Mount Herzl: "The decision to close is very difficult, I understand you, but it is justified and important to respect it. The distance does not prevent close proximity or deep identification with the sorrow, and even during a special period. This, we will do our utmost to stay stable for you "
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"This year, too, IDF commanders and soldiers will visit every plot and grave, place an Israeli flag emblazoned with a black ribbon on them, and stand up to meet your loved ones. The thousands of flags that will be placed on the fallen graves will become a tray symbolizing the heavy price that the State of Israel's defense mission takes from us, "Kochavi added.
In the meantime, a number of private fighters' memorial initiatives will take place this year before the Memorial Day closure. Among the initiatives is also the initiative of paratroopers from the paratroopers who mobilized to place flowers and memorial candles on the graves of their fallen weapons.
"Me and my friends from the army have initiated a flower-laying project and a soul candle on graves of cavities from our unit in paratroopers. Because of the Corona, we are unable to come to be with the families and this very disturbed me," recounted with me Dekel, a reserve officer in the unit.
"The response was incredible and people volunteered to go to cemeteries all over the country to visit graves and give families the feeling that we are with them even on such complex days," Dekel added.
