article_snippet.sent: Across the country Israelis remember the 23,320 people who died 'fighting for the national cause' since 1860 .
article_snippet.sent: Civilians killed in conflict are also remembered .
article_snippet.sent: In recent years the remembrance day has been expanded beyond commemorating those soldiers killed defending Israel, but also security personnel who died protecting Israel from terrorist attacks.
article_snippet.sent: According to the Israeli ministry of defence, 116 security force personnel have been killed in the line of duty, over the past year alone.
article_snippet.sent: In total, Israel remembers 23,320 fallen since 1860 in fighting for the national cause.
article_snippet.sent: On television, one of the state channels screens the names of all the deceased in chronological order over the course of the day.
article_snippet.sent: In addition, 2,538 civilians have been killed in political violence since 1950, including 122 foreign visitors, according to National Insurance Institute figures.
article_snippet.sent: 116 people have died serving Israel in the past year .
article_snippet.sent: Young and old remembered the sacrifice of Israel's war dead, with many families visiting graveyards to tend to dead's final resting place .
article_snippet.sent: Throughout the day TV channels features the names of those killed in conflict .
article_snippet.sent: The memorial day also remembers people killed from terrorist attacks in Israel .