Live: The State Ceremony for the Opening of Memorial Day Events Israel today

The State of Israel unites with the memory of 23,928 IDF casualties and the defense establishment and victims of terrorism, at a ceremony at Beit Yad LaBanim in Jerusalem, held in the presence of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Levin •

On the eve of the Day of Remembrance for the

Martyrs of the Israeli Civil War

and the Victims of Hostilities: The

State of Israel celebrates today (Tuesday) with 23,928 IDF casualties. The traditional event will begin at 4:30 p.m. Jerusalem Moshe Leon.

The state ceremony for the opening of Remembrance Day events takes place as every year at the Western Wall, in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin and Chief of Staff Major General Aviv Kochavi. At 21:15, a "Ministers in Their Memory" event will be held in cooperation with the Knesset of Israel, the National Insurance Institute and the Ministry of Defense, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Labor and Welfare, the Chief of Staff and the Commissioner of Police.

Tomorrow at 8:30, a ceremony will be held to read the names of the victims of the Israeli military operations at the State Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in the presence of Defense Minister Bnei Gantz.

At 11:00 a.m., another two-minute siren will sound, and state ceremonies for the victims of the Israeli military operations will open in the cemeteries and memorial hall on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem with the president and prime minister.

Immediately after the siren, an Air Force honor plane will pass over the military cemetery on Mount Herzl.

At 13:00, the state ceremony will be held for the victims of hostilities.

The events of Remembrance Day will be marked by the state ceremony on Mount Herzl in the presence of the Speaker of the Knesset, the beacon lighting ceremony in honor of the 73rd Independence Day of the State of Israel, which symbolizes the transition from Remembrance Day to Independence Day.

The number of casualties in the Israeli system from 1860 to this year's Remembrance Day is 23,928.

From the day of remembrance until 1954, to this day, 43 spaces were added to the number of fallen and another 69 disabled people died as a result of their disability and were recognized during the year as the spaces of the Israeli systems.

The number of civilians killed in hostilities since the day of the declaration of the state, 5 Iyar 1958, to date is 3,158. This number also includes 120 foreign civilians killed in terrorist attacks in Israel and 100 Israelis who perished abroad, according to Social Security data published yesterday.

Since the last Memorial Day, two civilians have been killed in hostilities: the late Esther Horgan, who was killed in a hostile operation in the Reihan Forest in Samaria, and the late Rabbi Shai Ohayon, who was killed in a hostile operation at Sgula Junction.