Israel commemorates the 23,928 fighters that have fallen in the Israeli battles

Israel commemorates the fallen in the Israeli battles: In the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, the official state ceremony was held that opened the Memorial Day events for IDF casualties and victims of hostilities. To those who died and were recognized as martyrs of the Israeli systems. From 1860 to the present, 23,928 fighters have fallen, including 43 casualties added in the past year and 69 IDF disabled people who died and were recognized as martyrs of the Israeli military. 4,176 martyrs were killed in hostilities.
At 20:00, a one-minute memorial siren was sounded all over the country, marking the opening of Remembrance Day. Immediately afterwards, memorial rallies began throughout the country, with President Reuven Rivlin and Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Aviv Kochavi speaking at the main ceremony at the Western Wall.
"Year after year we want to meet you, we want to join you, while for one day, in the work of mourning and remembrance," President Reuven Rivlin addressed the bereaved families at the beginning of his speech, "You do not need these days. Every day he and she are on your heart. "When you lie down and get up, when you sit in your house and walk on the road, you carry on your prostrated shoulders the Mount of Remembrance, the wound that has no cure, this pain whose burden cannot be shared with anyone."
"Last year, in the shadow of the plague, we could not stand you. The sight of the desolate mountain, the sight of the orphaned tombs, was heartbreaking," the president said. "Standing in the presence of the boys and girls who gave the most of all was a compass, the compass that outlined the way for us and without it. That's how we all felt, Anna we come.
"Dear families, soldiers of the IDF, this countryman is selfish, I have fought many of its wars, I have seen my friends, my peers, commanders and commanders, older than me and many younger, rushing into the line of fire for the nation, for life, for freedom," Rivlin added "I remember them one by one by their names. From soldiers who were the last offspring of their families - to rooted sabras. I remember them falling on the side of the road, embracing our land, belonging to it forever. Our sons and daughters were called to the flag and did not hesitate for a moment. Even in the face of mirrors of great darkness, blood and fire and smoke transformations, they did not think of themselves, they thought of us. They thought of us. "
"I turn from here to you and to you, the commanders, the soldiers, the candidates for recruitment, our younger generation. I grew up as a child in the days when we still did not have a state. At the ceremony. "The powerful and steadfast state you see before your eyes was established with the heroism and devotion of boys and girls who were your age then. Today, this task of defending the State of Israel rests on your shoulders. The personal and purity of arms will not be ready here as free people. "
"The IDF and the State of Israel need you young, strong, united, united, united, determined to shrug, determined to continue to win, ready if you have to pay a price," said Rivlin. "Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, I have had the privilege of meeting you again . Know that the rate of your stature, the intensity of your devotion, the heroism of your spirit and your deed do not fall short of those instilled in us by the founding generations. You, you are the beauties of the crystal and the title, the beauties of the crystal and our title, in every generation and generation in turn guarantee our eternal existence. "
"Seven years ago, while the country was on fire in Operation Eitan, I entered on behalf of the citizens of Israel in my role as President of the State," the President recalled. "My first baptism of fire was during my visits to the families of the fallen. I stood in front of the families." I swore an oath to sanctify the memory of the heroes of Israel. "Certainly I have not done enough. I promised you, the families, that I will be your soldier. I have done so and I will do so. Even if I finish my job, I will not be released. As long as my soul is in me, I will carry you on my heart board and act on your mission."
After the President of the State, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi delivered his speech: It is a journey of faith, determination and creativity that along its way, on the front and in the wings, generations of fighters have stood up who paid a heavy price, a bloody price. "
"Most of the life of the Jewish people has been spent outside its borders, insecure, unprotected and repeatedly persecuted and massacred," said Kochavi. "Zionism has changed the situation fundamentally. "We returned - and this time to the world. But this return journey still involves an unbearable price."
"Many, too many families have heard the knock - followed by a great cry, a break and pain that cannot be contained," said the chief of staff. "Everything around it continues to develop and change and only your sorrow is fortified in its place, deepening its roots and burdening it."
"For our part, out of a commitment to the current generation of soldiers and their families, we will do everything to send them exclusively to proper missions and improve the IDF's capabilities - first of all to complete the missions successfully, but no less to preserve and protect the soldiers," the chief of staff stressed. .
"The fallen defended the state and we, their successors, are on guard. Sometimes the confidence that the State of Israel enjoys may seem obvious. But every day, even those who are immersed in defense and operational activity do not always see the magnitude of their act themselves."
Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:00 a two-minute memorial siren will sound, after which state memorial services will begin at 52 military cemeteries across the country and at memorial sites. The names of all the victims of the Israeli military operations are broadcast consecutively on Channel 26 (Partner, Yes and Hot), on Cellcom TV and in Idan Plus on the izkor channel in the order in which they fell, from tonight at 20:45 - until the evening of Memorial Day tomorrow.