Families whose loved ones were either killed aliases taken hostage during Hamas’ 2023 onslaught arrived astatine Israel’s parliament, nan Knesset, connected Monday to request Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found a authorities investigation into nan country’s information failures — only for guards to hit them backmost pinch batons.
The bereaved families came to nan Knesset to watch elected officials, including Netanyahu, statement nan creation of a committee to investigate really the militant group was capable to transportation retired its deadly onslaught successful confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, successful which astir 1,200 group died, including members of nan military, and astir 250 were taken hostage.
Most of nan families connected Monday belonged to nan October Council, a group that includes captives’ loved ones, Oct. 7 survivors and hostages who person since been freed. The group joins galore different Israelis successful calling for their authorities to found specified a committee – which Netanyahu has blocked – and expressing vexation pinch nan premier minister, who they claim has prioritized his governmental career over nan remaining hostages’ safety.
“Mr. Prime Minister, you and your authorities person yet to return responsibility. So galore civilians are asking for forgiveness, and truthful fewer politicians are asking for forgiveness,” precocious freed hostage Yarden Bibas wrote successful a letter publication aloud connected nan Knesset’s level by lawmaker Chili Tropper. The missive said that 83% of Israeli citizens want a authorities commission, including nan October Council’s 1,500 families.
“I americium perpetually reasoning and regretting that I did not protect my woman and children better. It eats maine up inside. I only had a weapon and I americium a elemental national successful a quiet kibbutz,” Bibas, whose family died successful captivity, continued. “Do you deliberation astir this? Do you besides find it difficult to walk days and nights without a dense consciousness of work for what happened?”

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Security guards blocked nan families from entering nan Knesset chamber’s nationalist gallery, agitating nan crowd holding photos of their loved ones and turning nan relationship into a shouting match. Eventually, nan guards attacked them.
Footage from journalists who were astatine nan scene, for illustration Haaretz, showed group screaming arsenic guards shoved them to nan ground and beat immoderate pinch batons. Security reportedly dragged hostage Matan Angrest’s begetter crossed nan level and threw his grandfather down nan stairs. A man whose kid was killed successful nan Nova euphony show onslaught fainted.
“The unit directed astatine america is unacceptable. Today we besides consciousness nan authorities unit connected our bodies, nan aforesaid unit that tries to forestall america from answering for nan nonaccomplishment that led to nan deaths of our loved ones,” nan October Council said, according to a Hebrew translation.
“The speaker of nan Knesset should resign today. By his order, bereaved families are now being beaten by nan Knesset Guard,” it continued. “The full State of Israel is ashamed.”

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Neither nan premier minister’s agency nor spokespeople for nan Knesset instantly responded to HuffPost’s petition for comment.
Knesset Chairman Amir Ohana later allowed nan families to participate nan viewing assemblage earlier ordering that they beryllium kicked retired for turning their backs to nan enclosure level in protest. But demonstrators still witnessed Netanyahu spiral into anger complete nan demands for an enquiry — accusing nan media and guidance leaders of spreading a “false campaign” that “the authorities is sabotaging nan [ceasefire] deal.”
“We request nan constitution of an objective, balanced, independent, non-politically biased investigative committee — not a committee whose conclusions are known successful advance, person already been written and not without variety,” the premier curate shouted. “And not a constrictive scope of opinions of a 4th of a millimeter that are each concentrated astatine 1 extremity of nan governmental network.”
Netanyahu’s tirade was shouted down by guidance leaders, to whom nan premier curate responded, “You pinch your shouts, cannot hide nan truth.”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid described Netanyahu’s reside arsenic “a spectacle not easy to watch.”

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“The State of Israel is strong? You are responsible for nan top disaster of nan Jewish group since nan Holocaust,” Rabbi Gilad Kariv, a Knesset personnel for nan Democrats, an guidance party, yelled astatine Netanyahu earlier telling him to sojourn nan kibbutz of Nir Oz, which was devastated successful Hamas’ attack.
Protesters gathered extracurricular Ohana’s location successful Tel Aviv Monday night, successful summation to nan demonstrations Israelis person regularly held calling connected the authorities to extremity nan warfare successful Gaza and bring location nan remaining hostages.
“One point is clear: thing will deter us. We are wounded animals, and wounded animals are not to beryllium messed with,” nan October Council said. “We will proceed to fight, nan truth astir nan deaths of our loved ones and what led to it will beryllium revealed. The time is coming erstwhile we will telephone connected nan nationalist to subordinate america successful this conscionable struggle.”