The IDF held military memorial ceremonies at 06:29 Monday in all sectors, marking three years since the October 7 Massacre. The ceremonies included the lowering of the national flag to half-mast and the commemoration of fallen soldiers, as part of the National Memorial Day for October 7.
The IDF held military memorial ceremonies across all its sectors at 06:29 Monday, the exact time the October 7, 2023 massacre began, to mark the third anniversary. The ceremonies included the lowering of the national flag to half-mast and a commemoration of fallen soldiers, according to an IDF statement.
Earlier Monday, as The Zioneer reported at 10:21, Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir and the General Staff Forum held a state memorial at the Zikim base, the site of heavy fighting on October 7. Zamir acknowledged the IDF's failure to protect civilians and said the military must change. The ceremony included a moment of silence at 06:29 and the lowering of the flag to half-mast, attended by families of fallen soldiers and wounded veterans. The Knesset also held a separate memorial at 06:29, as The Zioneer reported at 07:46.
The IDF statement noted that the sector-wide ceremonies were part of the National Memorial Day for October 7, established to honor the victims of the attack. The Chief of Staff's admission of failure, reported earlier, underscored the military's ongoing internal reckoning.
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