On video: the opening ceremony of the Remembrance Day events for the martyrs of Israel's systems and the victims of hostilities (Walla system!)
Tonight (Monday) the events of the Day of Remembrance for the fallen of Israel's systems and the victims of hostilities will begin, and Israel will commemorate its fallen in ceremonies all over the country.
At 8:00 p.m., a minute-long memorial siren will be sounded throughout the country, marking the opening of the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen of Israel's systems, and immediately after that, the memorial rallies will begin throughout the country, the first of which - the state ceremony to light a memorial candle in the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem in the presence of President Yitzhak Herzog, Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi.
Tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. the reading of the names of the martyrs of the Israel Defense Forces will begin at the Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl and at 11:00 a two-minute siren will sound. Immediately after the siren the state ceremony will begin on Mount Herzl. At 11:02 a.m. The military cemetery and memorial hall on Mount Herzl, a flight of fighter planes in a missing structure. At 1:00 p.m., the state memorial ceremony for the victims of hostilities will be held.
Ceremony at the military cemetery in Be'er Sheva (photo: IDF spokesperson)
Remembrance Day events for the martyrs of Israel's systems and the victims of hostilities
Monday
16:30 - Memorial ceremony for the martyrs of Israel's systems at Beit Yad Labanim
20:00 - A one-minute long siren will sound throughout the country, followed by the state ceremony to light a memorial candle at the Western Wall plaza
21:15 - "Songs in their memory" event at the Knesset
Tuesday
08:30 - The reading of the names of the martyrs of Israel's regimes at the State Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl
11:00 - A two-minute siren will sound throughout the country, after which the state ceremony for the martyrs of Israel's systems will begin at the State Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl
13:00 - The state memorial ceremony in memory of the victims of hostilities
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The ceremonies will be held in the background of public criticism, also among bereaved families towards members of the government, and the political disputes in the country.
Following the criticism, ministers and government members canceled their arrival at the state ceremonies in the cemeteries.
Among the cancellations, it was announced that Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf and Deputy Culture and Sports Minister Yaakov Tesler from the Agudath Israel faction, Information Minister Galit Distal Atbarian and MK Zvika Fogel (Otzma Yehudit) will not attend. Alongside them, National Security Minister Itamar
Ben Gabir will attend the ceremony in Beer Sheva, despite their requests of some of the bereaved families. Minister Ben Gvir emphasized that he is "determined to attend the Memorial Day ceremony" in the city, where he claims he will deliver a "stately and respectful speech". Whoever does this - should and must go to the cemeteries on Memorial Day and honor the memory of the fallen."
Mount Herzl (Photo: Ministry of Defense, Spokesperson and Information Division)
In a column published by Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy, he called for the controversy surrounding the legal revolution to be left out of the events of Memorial Day, which will begin tomorrow evening. "Memorial Day establishes a deep connection between the personal and the national," Halevy wrote. the personal and to be wrapped in his human strength.
The order of remembrance obliges us to unite around him and focus on the connection between us.
We must all respect the cemeteries and not turn them into an arena of debate.
Restraint and silence have a deafening power, and communion with our fallen loved ones cannot exist under the noise of debate.
According to the Ministry of Defense data, during the past year 59 martyrs were added to the number, and in addition to them, 86 disabled people who died as a result of their disability were recognized as Israeli martyrs.
In the hostilities, 31 civilians were killed, including two disabled by hostilities who were injured a few years ago and were recognized as martyrs - according to social security data.
With this, the number of martyrs of Israel's systems rose to 24,213.
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