These are the days that embody the pain of the struggle for the State of Israel and the joy of its establishment, in the clearest of all: today and tomorrow are commemorated with the memory of those who fell in the Israeli systems and with the victims of hostilities;
Then, in a sharp transition - mark 74 years of independence.
Memorial Day events will open today (Tuesday) at 4:30 PM at Beit Yad LaBanim in Jerusalem, with a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Knesset Speaker Miki Levy. Israel and hostilities.
The main ceremony will be held tonight at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, in the presence of the bereaved families, President Yitzhak Herzog and Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Aviv Kochavi.
The memorial candle will be lit by the President of the State.
The torch will be presented to President Edna Weber Ben Naim, the widow and son of the late Major Sami Ben Naim, who fell in a helicopter crash on August 12, 2006, during the Second Lebanon War.
At 9:15 PM, a national memorial event "Singing in Their Memory" will be held in the Knesset of Israel, with the participation of President Yitzhak Herzog and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
24,068 is the number of casualties of the Israeli military system from 1860 to the present day.
As of the 5741 Memorial Day, 140 casualties were added to the number of casualties, including 84 IDF disabled people who died as a result of their disability, and were recognized during the year as casualties of the Israeli military.
In memory of the lone soldiers
A memorial day ceremony will be held tomorrow at 09:00 in the plaza of the national institutions in Jerusalem, in memory of those who fell in the Israeli battles and hostilities.
This year the ceremony will be attended by bereaved families recently rescued from Ukraine, with the assistance of the Jewish Agency, whose loved ones served as lone soldiers and fell during their service.
The families from Ukraine will light the torch of remembrance at the ceremony, together with the chairman of the World Zionist Organization and the actual chairman of the Jewish Agency, Yaakov Hagoel.
Tomorrow at 11:00, a two-minute memorial siren will be sounded throughout the country, followed by state memorial ceremonies in the 52 military cemeteries, memorial sites and educational institutions in the State of Israel.
Immediately after the memorial siren, the main ceremony will begin at the State Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, in the presence of President Yitzhak Herzog, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Knesset Speaker Miki Levy.
At 13:00, a state memorial service for the victims of hostilities in Israel and abroad will be held, in the presence of President Yitzhak Herzog, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and members of the victims' families, at the memorial site for victims of hostilities on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
At 19:45, the state ceremony to close Memorial Day will take place, the bowed heads will be proudly erected - and the 74th Independence Day events of the State of Israel will open.
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