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Memorial Day 5741: Number of casualties in the Israeli military - 23,928

"The pain that is not excruciating": The state will be commemorated with the memory of the victims of the Israeli systems

Tonight, Israel will mark Remembrance Day with a series of events in memory of its 23,928 sons and daughters who fell during the performance of their duties.

The bereaved families will return to the cemeteries after being banned from doing so last year following the spread of the corona.

Stars: Precisely in a time of division, we must unite around the memory of the fallen

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Amir Bohbot

Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 06:27

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In the video: Memorial Day for IDF Martyrs 5741 - 43 casualties were added here to the number of casualties (Photo: Reuven Castro, Niv Aharonson, Ministry of Defense, GPO and Reuters)

The Day of Remembrance for the Martyrs of the Israeli Armed Forces for the year 5741 will be marked starting tonight (Tuesday), with a series of events in memory of the fallen. The number of martyrs of the Israeli Armed Forces rose to 23,928 this year. Israel's fallen soldiers.

among the spaces that were added this year count: Sergeant Jonathan Granot, a fighter regiment "basalt" Nahal Brigade who was killed in February by disarms friend base in the Jordan Valley.

Flight pilot Corporal Lehu Ben-Basa and flight instructor Major Itai Zeiden, who were killed in an Air Force training plane crash in November, and Staff Sergeant Amit Ben Yigal, a Golani Reconnaissance fighter, who was killed in May after a Palestinian threw a stone at him during an operation in the nearby village of Ya'bad To Jenin.

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Memorial Day 5741: Number of casualties in the Israeli military - 23,928

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• Final outline: Cemeteries will be allowed on Memorial Day, and independent events will be allowed

23,928 casualties in Israeli systems.

Memorial Day on Mount Herzl, last year (Photo: Flash 90, Olivier Fitoussi)

Memorial Day events will open at 16:30 at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Yad Labanim House in Jerusalem - in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon. The main ceremony will take place at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin and Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.

National Remembrance Day ceremony at the Western Wall will begin at 20: 00 in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin and Chief of Staff spring stars. Then there will be an event "songs in memory" - at 21:15 at the Knesset.

Tomorrow at 08:30 am will be the reading of names The victims of the Israeli military operations in the Memorial Hall in the presence of Defense Minister Bnei Gantz. Later, at 11:00, a two-minute siren will sound, and immediately after the siren, at 11:02, a special fighter jet of a fighter jet will pass over the Memorial Hall. At the Mount Herzl Hall in the presence of the President and Prime Minister.

Stars: To unite around the memory of the fallen

The ceremonies and memorial events will take place this year in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and in accordance with the rules of the green label.

The Memorial Day ceremony at the State Memorial Hall will include up to 200 people with spaces according to the green sign.

Up to 400 people will be able to participate in the Yad Labanim ceremony in Jerusalem in an open space under the conditions of the green sign, and up to 500 people will enter the ceremony at the Western Wall by prior arrangement.

This, after last year, according to the government decision, the bereaved families were banned from going to the graves of their loved ones due to the outbreak of the corona virus.

This year, families' visits to the cemeteries will be possible, even for those who do not wear a green badge.

In the IDF, it was decided that on the morning of Memorial Day, a soldier would stand next to each grave. The soldiers who will inspect the cemeteries will salute the fallen, cherish their memory and welcome the bereaved families.

Memorial Day events 5731 (Photo: Walla !, no)

Meanwhile, this morning, the Chief of Staff, Major General Aviv Kochavi, sent a letter to IDF servicemen.

"The sound of the siren pierces the routine and commands us to separate sand from the sacred. The sound of the siren is like a cry of pain over loss, like an order to put off any occupation that now becomes secondary, "Safe. Remember those who chose to stand at the forefront, in the combat units and risk their lives to secure the generations. Remember all the men and women soldiers, in all the units, who served the country and had a shield and a wall," Kochavi wrote.

"The sound of the siren makes its way to all the borders of the country and reminds them that they are safe thanks to generations of defenders. The voice spreads in every locality and reminds that community life, creation and development would not have been possible "Volunteering for the civil service and meaningful combat service. The sound of the siren penetrates the heart of the friend who lost his good friend, the teacher who raised the girl who became an officer, the rabbi who taught the yeshiva student who volunteered for the patrol and the soldiers who lost their unit member."

"The siren - the sound of pain and the sound of power."

Memorial Day ceremony in the military cemetery in Be'er Sheva, last year (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

"And the sound of the siren also meets the bereaved families, and only in them does he discover that there is a strong and stinging voice from him - the voice of pain and the voice of power," the chief added. "The pain, which is not hard and excruciating, The voice also reminds all of us that we are surrounded by challenges that require us to maintain a standing army to battle today, adapted to the challenges of the present and the future, and that the spirit of soldiers and commanders say is true for every task. "

The statement concluded planetary call to rally around the memory of the martyrs." The voice is heard at a time when this complex moments of controversy and crisis "Splitting and distancing, as if calling us to unite around the common and unifying, around the memory of the fallen and the unity of the target," he wrote, "On behalf of the IDF soldiers and their commanders, I salute the fallen and bereaved families, strengthen and embrace them "An effort to return the captives and the missing to their borders. We will continue to remember, learn and teach and we will continue to fulfill our destiny - to protect, prepare and win."

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