From Israel Insider:
An Israeli officer salutes fallen comrades in Jerusalem (AP)
At nightfall, Israel on Tuesday began observing its annual memorial day for soldiers and civilians killed in more than a century of conflict between Jews and Arabs.
As sirens sounded throughout the country for one minute of silence, traffic came to a halt and citizens stood at attention, paying homage to the 21,954 people killed in Israel's wars since 1860, when Jews began settling what is now Israel by building neighborhoods outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
In the last year, 169 soldiers and 63 civilians were killed, according to Israel's Foreign Ministry, many in attacks by Palestinian militants, though the figures also include soldiers who die in training accidents.
Here's my post from last year.
