Memorial services will be held in 43 military cemeteries around Israel today, Wednesday, Memorial Day, a day on which we remember the fallen IDF soldiers and members of the various security agencies.

At 11AM, a two-minute siren will sound, marking the beginning of the day’s events. Immediately following the siren, memorial services will begin in military cemeteries, with the main state ceremony taking place in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Military Cemetery.

The main ceremony for fallen members of Israel Police will be held at Mount Herzl in the presence of Police Chief Dudi Cohen and Jerusalem Police Chief Aaron Franco. That ceremony will begin at 9:30am.

The ceremony in memory of fallen Bedouin soldiers will take place at Movil Junction, where the monument for the fallen soldiers stands.

The ceremony for members of the “Gardom” (gallows), referring to the pre-state underground, will take place in the Gardom Museum in Akko.

Since 1860, when settlement first began outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, 22,437 security personnel fell in the line of duty. In 2008, 132 members of security forces and civilians were fell in the line of duty and were murdered in Arab terror attacks. (This number includes IDF disabled veterans who died of injuries and others who were recognized as “terror victims” during the course of the year).

At 1:00pm, the state ceremony for victims of Arab terror will take place in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)