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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=42043
Graves of Israel's Fallen Soldiers Adorned with Flags for Memorial Day
(Israel Hayom) Lilach Shoval - A group of IDF soldiers moved from section to section of the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday, from the graves of the soldiers who fell in 1948 to the casualties from the 2014 Gaza war, placing a small Israeli flag marked with a black ribbon at every headstone. This is being done in preparation for the Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism, which begins at sundown on Sunday. By the time Memorial Day begins, every grave of a fallen soldier in Israel's military cemeteries and in the military sections of civilian cemeteries will be marked with the special flag. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot said, "We will hold our heads high and vow to carry on the mission for which the best of our sons and daughters died - ensuring our existence as a free people in their own country. May the memory of the fallen be a blessing."