620 soldiers were added to the rolls of those who have lost their lives in war since the country’s independence in 1948 on Sunday evening for the State of Israel’s customary Memorial Day.
In Israel, a little nation where almost everyone is familiar with or has a connection to a person who has died in battle over the years, Memorial Day is taken very seriously.
The nation mourned the fallen soldiers who lost at the wars of October 7 and those who have since lost to Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah on the northern borders, which were particularly poignant on Sunday night’s ceremonies.
Israelis also prayed for the recovery of lots of victims, many of whom are men, including sexual soldiers, who are still being held by Hamas in Gaza in harsh conditions, and whom Hamas has refused to release in subsequent talks.
The Western Wall in Jerusalem, the most holy page in the Israeli trust, hosted standard Memorial Day rites:
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Herzi Halevi, the head of Israel’s ( IDF) chief of staff, acknowledged to those present that he personally resigned for the “flaws” the IDF had committed to the protection of the State of Israel on October 7.
He concluded on a note of decision:” In this conflict, we are determined to complete the mission, yet though we understand the cost”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the sacrifices of Israelis in a separate ceremony nearby ( translation via Government Press Office ):
All of our men in this difficult combat have an unbreakable responsibility to our state: Jews, Druze, Christians, Muslims, Bedouin and Circassian.
I visited the Abu Latif community in Rahat a few months ago. Ahmad Abu Latif, a Bedouin man who lost his life in war, is buried with his family. I told them that I understand what they are experiencing. My kids also experienced significant hardship when my brother died, just like they did. Tewfik, Ahmad’s father, told me that his brother would say: ‘ I am glad to be a Arab who serves in the IDF. ‘
Ahmad claimed on October 7 that he would not leave his country until the last hostages were apartment when he enlisted in his troops. Ahmad did not get to see that goal completed. We’ve completed about quarter, but we’re determined to finish this holy work.  ,
A month before the attend in Bhai, I visited the Bedouin surveillance regiment. On his way to Gaza, one of the Arab officials described the evils he witnessed on October 7. He rushed to his product after seeing a murdered person on the way. I did not detail what he saw, but he said to me:” It is that monstrosity that we are fighting”. He also emphasized that we. We all struggle along. Because it is the only way to defeat Hamas demons, who want to kill everyone around us.  ,
Additionally, President Isaac Herzog paid tribute (via the government press business ):
If I may stand here now and tell the story of each and every one of our fallen, this month, and over the years, I did. And regretfully, in pain, I may speak of their part. Because behind every tale, and every candle, burn vast flames of courage, power, life, and many more.
Citizens of Israel, at this spiritual time, I remind us and the whole world: we always wanted nor chose this horrible conflict. Not this one nor its successors. In a Hebrew and political state, all we wanted was to go back to Zion, where we were forcefully expelled, and to reclaim our liberty it. To create a living here. A potential. A trust. No less than that, we have long desired peace and good civility with the entire population and nation of the area. However, we wo n’t put down our swords as long as our adversaries try to destroy us.
The past few decades have been very unpleasant. However, in them, we were shown how resilient and amazing people were as they rose from the wretched death as cats. We discovered combatants – of the Army and the safety causes, aged 18 to 96, in all trees, on all fronts – in the west, in the northwest, in Judea and Samaria, and in every area. They constantly ask that we remember that we are one persons, and they always damage themselves for us. That we be capable. Just be worthwhile.
This break in the material, the bleeding tear that we all feel in our hearts this yr, cannot remain irrelevant. This is a story that the families of the deceased keep telling me. The nation’s break must be healed by the break in the people’s hearts. This weep and call are also included. A call to action, a visit to climb up. Climb up as one individuals.
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People of Israel, my sisters and brothers. Even now, significantly within the national mourning, I know, I believe with all my soul: a new dawn will fall over all of Israel. By their validity, for their sake, and for ours. May generations to come to cherish the remembrance of the Israeli Defense Forces ‘ fallen and our country’s enemies.
Jewish Independence Day will be observed from Monday through Tuesday on Memorial Day.
Some Biden administration officials reached out to Israelis or their counterparts on Memorial Day to express their condolences for the harm that Israelis in the region caused by President Joe Biden’s people decision to withhold weapons from Israel over the Rafah conflict, which they increasingly believe they must wage to win the war.
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