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11:56 AM
Reut R. Cohen
IDF Remembrance Day begins Sunday evening.
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports:
A total of 22,305 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. In the past year, since Remembrance Day 2006, 233 members of the security forces - police, IDF, Border Police, Israel Security Agency and other organizations - have been killed in the service of the state - 119 in the Second Lebanese War.
Photo is courtesy Zionecon.
Yehi zichram baruch!
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