חוק בתי קברות צבאיים (תיקון מס' 5) (תיקון), התשפ"ו–2026Law on Military Cemeteries (Amendment No. 5) (Amendment), 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Military Cemeteries Law, 1950, regulates the eligibility of fallen IDF soldiers and security forces personnel, including police officers, prison guards, and employees of the Israel Security Agency and the Mossad, to be buried in a military cemetery. As part of Amendment No. 5 to the Law, approved in 2024, the list of eligible persons was expanded to also include firefighters who were killed during and as a result of their service. Now, as part of an additional amendment, this expansion of eligibility has been applied retroactively. It is established that a firefighter who was killed during and as a result of their service on or after 13 August 2023, will also be eligible for burial in a military cemetery. This date was chosen with the aim of applying eligibility for burial in a military cemetery also to the firefighters who lost their lives in the rescue operation at the "Pit Disaster" in Deir al-Asad, which occurred on that date.

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