A total of
24,068
IDF
soldiers,
police
officers, prison wardens,
Shin Bet
security service and
Mossad
agents 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 neighborhoods.
Since
Yom HaZikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
2021,?56 IDF soldiers and security personnel died, while 84?disabled veterans passed away due to complications from injuries sustained during their service. Since there was no specification of which engagement they were involved in, or if they died in a terrorist attack, the number has been added to the total without specifying the cause.
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24,068*
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*This number includes disabled
IDF
veterans who later died from their wounds and non-IDF personnel who fell in the line of duty.
Sources
:
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
;
Israel Government Press Office
;
IDF
;
Haaretz
,
(April 19, 2015);
“IDF: 56 soldiers died since last Memorial Day, bringing total to 23,741,”
Times of Israel
, (May 3, 2019).
“Israel comes to a standstill to remember 23,928 fallen,”
Times of Israel
, (April 13, 2021).
Anna Ahronheim, “56 IDF soldiers and security personnel died in 2021 - Defense Ministry,”
Jerusalem Post
, (April 29, 2022).