Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, Military cemetery in northern Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery occupies a trapezoid-shaped area of about 45 dunams in the northeastern corner of the Kiryat Shaul cemetery complex in Tel Aviv, separated from the civilian cemetery by a fence. Its eastern part is flat, while the rest slopes gently from east to west and from south to north. The main gate stands in the southeastern corner, near a large ceremonial plaza, and twenty-one burial plots are linked by low paved paths.
The cemetery was founded in 1951 as a burial ground for soldiers who died during Israel's War of Independence. It later became the main place where fallen service members from subsequent military conflicts were laid to rest.
Every Memorial Day, a large ceremony is held here, and by tradition the government is represented by the Minister of Defense. The cemetery also holds memorial stones for fallen soldiers whose burial place is unknown. About a quarter of those buried fell in the Yom Kippur War.
The main gate is at the southeastern corner of the trapezoid-shaped grounds, with a large ceremony plaza just inside it. The eastern part is flat, while the rest slopes gently from east to west and from south to north. The newer sections, used since the 1990s, lie in the north at a lower level, in an area that is municipally part of Ramat HaSharon.
Six IDF chiefs of staff are buried here: Mordechai Maklef, Chaim Laskov, Tzvi Tzur, Mordechai Gur, Dan Shomron and Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. The cemetery also holds 51 recipients of IDF decorations, among them two holders of the Medal of Valor, Tzvi Ofer and Gideon Giladi, and 35 soldiers cited for commendation.
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