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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: May 10, 2005 |
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When the nation bows its head Tuesday evening for Remembrance Day it will be mourning the 20,368 men and women who have fallen in its defense since November 1947.
Including all those who fell defending the Land of Israel since 1860, the number reaches 21,954.
In the past year, 169 members of the police, IDF, Border Police, Prisons Service, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and other organizations have been killed in the service of the state.
Remembrance Day officially begins at 7:30 Tuesday evening, when President Moshe Katsav opens the ceremony at the Western Wall. Representatives of bereaved parents and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Ya'alon will also attend.
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Nation to commemorate fallen soldiers
- (The Jerusalem Post)
05.10.2005
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