WATCH — Sirens sound as Israel mourns fallen soldiers, terror victims on Memorial Day

Political leaders, bereaved families and other members of the public are at military cemeteries across the country to remember the nation’s fallen soldiers and terror victims on Memorial Day.

At 8:30 a.m., presenters at a state event at the Mount Herzl military ceremony in Jerusalem began reading out the names of fallen soldiers, with Defense Minister Israel Katz in attendance. The names of all of the fallen service members were being read out loud throughout the day at the site’s Remembrance Hall.

At 11 a.m., a two-minute siren signals the beginning of the main ceremonies at Israel’s 52 military cemeteries around the country to remember the 25,420 people who have died during service to the country since 1860, the year from which Israel, and before it the Jewish community in the region, began counting its fallen soldiers and defenders.

Memorial Day commenced at 8 p.m. last night with a one-minute siren that blared across the country

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Supreme Court President Isaac Amit are attending the main ceremony at Mount Herzl.

At 1 p.m., another ceremony at Mount Herzl commemorates the 5,229 civilian victims of terrorist attacks since 1851.