By YAAKOV LAPPIN
Ahead of Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism, which begins on Tuesday evening, the Defense Ministry released an updated total on the number of fatalities since 1860 – 22,447.Sixty-eight deaths were added to the figure since the previous Remembrance Day. Additionally, 59 disabled IDF veterans died as a result of their condition.Today, there are 9,442 bereaved parents, 4,917 widows and 1,948 orphans as a result of these attacks, according to the ministry’s figures.The ministry expects some 1.5 million people to visit military cemeteries during Remembrance Day next Wednesday.On Tuesday, a nationwide siren will sound at 8 p.m., marking the start of Remembrance Day.A two-minute siren will sound on Wednesday at 11 a.m., marking the start of state memorial ceremonies across the country.
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