f.854 War DeaJ Tel Aviv, (JTA) — Israel wept last week, individually and coUectively, as solemn memorial service* were Iteld for the 1,8S4 soldiers who fell in battle during the Yom Kippur War, On Nov. 7, tile families came to the temporary military cemeteries — kibbut^nilu and city dwellers, new immigrants and old efltablisbed families, westemen and Jews in the traditional dress of their Oriental countries of origin, civilians.
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and men and women in the khaki uniforms of the armed services. Families of Black Panthers from the slums of Jerusalem shared their grief cide-by-side with affluent fam* Ules from Tel Aviv. They heard the prayers of the rabbis and the solemn words of Chief of Staff Gen. David Elabzar: "The entire people of Israel in their hearts share the memory of Its heroes with the bereaved families who may find consolation In their sons' devotion and sacrifice." But the mourners contd not be consoled . . . They weptrivers of' tears. Women, men and children cried ashamediy for fallen sons, husbands, fathers and brothers. The bugles sounded the funeral notes of mourning as flags were lowered to half mast. Cantors chanted the "El Molch Rahamim," the traditional prayer for the departed* Eulogies were recited by the commanding officers of individual units. The dead lay be-
neath heaps of earth topped by rectangular white bricks. On each grave a small sign bore the name, serial number and date of death of the soldier. The revelation that 1,854 Isf
raeli soldiers were killed came as a stunning shock. If was the highest price in blood paid by Israel since,he War of Independence of 1948 wtien more than 6,000 died and when the
total wounded were 12,150. Th« smallest number of casualties in Israel's 5 wars for survival occurred in the 1956 Suez campaign, which took the lives of 190 soldiers.
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NATION IN MOURNING: An elderly Israeli couple and their daughter huddle together In sorrow for their lest loved one during the memorial ceremonies in Israel last week for the 1.854 soldiers kUM in the Yom Klppvr War. ;
Historic Turning Point in Mideast^
Israel and Egypt Sign Armistice TEL AVIV (JTA)-Israel and i Egypt signed a six-point armMstice agreement initiated by U. fS- Secretary of State Henry A. f Kissinger. The signing took I* place Sunday on the Suez-Cairo I road. The document sets in moI tion negotiations between IsI rael and Egypt to resolve the I problems arising from the Oct. t 22 cense-ftre and calls for an I Immediate prisoner of war exI. change between the two coun-
tries. It was signed for Israel by MaJ. Gen. Aharon Yariv, a close advisor of Premier Golda Meir, and for Egypt by Lt. Gen. Mouhamed Gemassi, Chief of Operations at Egyptian General Headquarters. The Israeli and Egyptian delegations faced each other across a table covered with a gray army blanket. The agreement was the first signed by Israel and Egypt in 24 y^ars. The last time delegations of the
two nations met face-to-face was at Rhodes in 1949 when they signed the armistice ending Israel's War for Independence. The six' points to which they appended their signatures are: 1) Israel and Egypt agree to observe scrupulously the ceasefire called for by the UN Security Council. \ 2) Both sides agree that discussions between them will be-
A •iziioint peace plan, iiuladinf fare-to-fae* talks between Ccpt and Israel and'a prilOii«r-«f-wu- exchaage has been aceeipted by Israel and Egypt Tlie plan was worked out by U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and hia aide* In talka with both countries. Pictured above (at left)
gin immediately to settle the question of the return to the Oct. 22 positions in the framework of agreement on the disengagement and separation of forces under the auspices of the U.N. 3) The town of Suez will receive daily suppUes ^f food, water and medicine. All wounded civilians in the town of Suez will be evacuated. 4) There shall be no impediment to the movement of. non-
military supplies to the east bank (of the Suez Canal where the Egyptian Third Army Corps is encircled.) 5) The Israeli officers can participate with the UN to supervise the non-military nature of the cargo at the bank of the canal. 6) As soon as the checkpoints are established on the CairoSuez road, there will be an exchange of all POWs, including the wounded.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Secretary Kissinger during their meeting In Cairo. At right. Assistant Secretary of State Joseph L. SIco conferg with Israeli Premier Golda Meir in Tel Aviv.