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Madonna's visit to Israel won't be to perform, but rather will be for a personal visit to the graves of noted Kabbalists in Safed.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it is in contact with Aviel's family in Israel and is helping them during these "difficult times."

The hospital, which was abandoned in 1873, had once been used to quarantine patients with yellow fever.

Israelis who had come to the cemetery for Remembrance Day sang happy birthday and Mazel Tov to Tzur Yaniv.

It allows the public to easily locate and navigate to specific grave sites in one of Israel's military cemeteries, some of which cover huge areas and are difficult to navigate.

An eight-year-old girl was buried with a fallen Hahagan fighter in 1948, but nothing is known about her.

Few ministers cancel participation in ceremonies following bereaved families’ requests

Many bereaved families especially oppose the participation in ceremonies of Knesset members or ministers who did not serve in the IDF.

A third of Holocaust survivors in Israel live under the poverty line, according to the Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Victims.

Government and Knesset representatives usually speak at ceremonies at military cemeteries throughout the country on Remembrance Day. The defense minister insisted that they speak this year as well.