Israelis prepared to mark the beginning of the Day to Remember fallen soldiers and victims of terror Tuesday evening, with this year’s total coming ton 23,320 since the beginning of the modern Zionist Movement in 1860, including 116 since last year’s Remembrance Day. Senior Israelis officials and IDF officers are scheduled to take part in various ceremonies around the country. “On Remembrance Day, the Israeli nation, as one big family, bows its head and unites with the memories of all of the fallen of Israel’s wars, as a moral obligation to those who in their death commanded us to live, so that we may be worthy of them,” Defense Minister Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon said. Several more ceremonies will take place throughout the day on Wednesday. Read More
