“Tell my parents that I regret nothing and that I am proud of what I did,”

Remembering Our Fallen.

http://www.idfblog.com/in-memoriam/#

“They Were Carrying Us”:

“They Were Carrying Us”: The Moving Testimony of Bereaved IDF Parents

Jacky and Tzipi Baldran built Kibbutz Lotem with their own hands and with the help of their children, Yigal, Nitzan and Aviv. Nitsan served as a fighter in the Golani Brigade. His last mission was in Lebanon in November 1998. Jacky says: “at 3:15 am, we heard a neighbor and soldiers knocking at the door. I went downstairs and I immediately understood what was going on”.

yom haZicaron - heartbreaking

Tamar and Yishai Fogel

Today at the official ceremony on Mount Herzl to commemorate the victims of terrorist actions, the Prime Minister met with Tamar and Yishai Fogel the children of Ruth and Udi Fogel of blessed memory who were murdered together with three of their children in the terrorist attack in Itamar. May their memory be a blessing.

Light a Virtual IDF Memorial Candle Online

 

In advance of IDF Memorial Day next Monday, the Defense Ministry has launch a web application enabling everyone to light a virtual memorial candle and write a heartfelt dedication.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon wrote, “On Memorial Day our personal memories mesh with our national collective ones. Let us remember our fighters, and be worthy of their sacrifice.”

Candle application here: https://apps.facebook.com/modisraelizkor/

yom haZicaron 2

ALL OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN GAD EDEN FOR US OF BLESSED MEMORY.
HONOUR OUR SOLDIERS!
Udi, Ruth, Elad,Yoav, little Hadas, of blessed memory.
fr om my friend Yeoshua

Yom HaZicaron. REMEMBER

22,993 have fallen while serving the Land of Israel... before celebrating the birthday of our beloved Homeland, we must remember those whose sacrifice made it all possible, following Hashem's will.

MAY HASHEM GRANT ALL THEIR NESHAMOT AN ALIYAH !!!

 

A total of 22,993 men and women have been killed defending the land of Israel since 1860, the year that the first Jewish settlers left the secure walls of Jerusalem to build new Jewish neighborhoods.
Since the end of the War of Independence, 2,457 people have been killed in Israel in terror attacks - 14 in the past year.
In the past year, since Remembrance Day 2011, 126 members of the security forces - police, IDF, Border Police, Israel Security Agency and other organizations - have been killed in the service of the state.
On Wednesday, ceremonies commence at 11:00 AM at 44 IDF military cemeteries located throughout the country following a two minute blast of the siren. There will also be a ceremony for overseas Mahal volunteers who fought and died during the War of Independence, which will take place near the Sha'ar Hagai Junction. Israel's flag, adorned with a black ribbon and memorial flame, is placed on each and every grave of those who fell in Israel's battles and are buried in military cemeteries throughout Israel. It expresses the country's respect for the fallen as well as the entire country's participation in the grief of the families.

Never forget them

Israel commemorates 22,993 soldiers who died in line of duty

As Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism approaches, flags laid on graves of two soldiers who died last week • Youth for Jerusalem movement launches "Adopt a Fallen Soldier" project, to commemorate soldiers who have no family to preserve their memories.
On memorial day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism, which begins at sundown Tuesday, Israel will honor the 22,993 soldiers who have fallen in the line of duty since 1860 (when modern-day Jews first settled outside Jerusalem's Old City). Since last year's remembrance day, 126 additional soldiers have fallen. In Israel today there are 10,524 bereaved families of fallen soldiers, among them 2,396 orphans and 4,992 widows.

The Memorial Day events were to begin Sunday with a flag being laid on the grave of the last soldier to have been buried at Mount Herzl cemetery. This year, in a break from tradition, Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz will lay two flags on the graves of two soldiers who were killed last week: one for Lt. Hila Betzaleli, who was killed Wednesday during a rehearsal for an Independence Day ceremony when a lighting apparatus collapsed on stage, and another for Cpl. Yehoshua Hefetz, who died on the same day of heart failure during a military tryout for an elite unit.

On Tuesday, a minute-long siren will sound at 8 p.m. marking the beginning of Memorial Day, followed immediately by official events. On Wednesday, a two-minute siren will sound at 11 a.m. as part of Memorial Day ceremonies across the country.

A small flag on a flame-shaped pole bearing a black ribbon will be laid on the grave of every soldier who died in the line of duty as an expression of respect and sympathy. More than a million people are expected to visit military cemeteries across the country this week.

In addition, the Israel Prison Service will award distinguished service medals for exemplary bravery in the line of duty to the 37 cadets who lost their lives in the Mount Carmel forest fire in late 2010. The medals will be handed to the families by Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch.

Meanwhile, a movement calling itself Youth for Jerusalem is trying to preserve the memory of all the fallen soldiers who do not have families to visit their gravesites or retell their stories. The movement has launched a unique project dubbed "Adopt a Fallen Soldier," which encourages young people and members of youth groups to adopt a late IDF soldier or member of the pre-state underground and visit their graves, light memorial candles and tell the story of their bravery to other youngsters.