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Memorial Day 5731: Israel commemorates the memory of its 23,928 spaces

Israel tonight marks Memorial Day with a series of events in memory of its sons and daughters who fell during the performance of their duties and hostilities.

At 20:00, a one-minute siren will sound and immediately after it, the main ceremony will begin at the Western Wall plaza with the presence of President Rivlin and Chief of Staff Kochavi

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Maya Horodnichano

Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 19:23 Updated: 19:24

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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)

Memorial Day for the Martyrs of the Israeli Armed Forces and Victims of Hostilities 5771 - Israel celebrates tonight (Tuesday) with the memory of 23,928 sons and daughters in a series of events and ceremonies. At 20:00 a one-minute memorial siren will sound throughout the country. The West in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin and Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.

Afterwards, there will be an "songs in their memory" event - at 9:15 PM in the Knesset.

The number of Israeli casualties rose this year to 23,928, after 43 casualties were added during the past year, in addition to which 69 disabled people who died as a result of their disability were recognized as Israeli casualties during the year.

Tomorrow at 08:30 in the morning, the names of the victims of the Israeli military operations will be read 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 flying fighter jet in a missing structure will pass over the memorial hall.

Afterwards, the state ceremony will be held at the Mount Herzl Hall in the presence of the President and Prime Minister.

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Among the casualties added this year to the quorum: Staff Sergeant Yonatan Granot, a fighter of the "Basalt" battalion in the Nahal Brigade who was killed in February by gunfire from a friend at a base in the Jordan Valley. training aircraft of the air Force in November, and Sergeant Amit Ben Igal, the Golani reconnaissance fighter, who died in May after a Palestinian threw a stone force him during a village near Jenin processes.

memorial day events started at home "white hand" Jerusalem - the presence of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon.

Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall plaza, last year (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

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.

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