Ahead of Memorial Day, bereaved families hold small protests outside homes of PM, ministers

Bereaved relatives hold small protests outside the homes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a number of other ministers, calling for a state commission of inquiry into the failures leading to the October 7, 2023, attack.

The protest was organized by the October Council, a group of relatives of victims of October 7. It took place ahead of Israel’s official Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, which will begin Monday night.

“This week an entire country stops and remembers the fallen and the victims and stands in support of the families who lost their dearest. We will not forget and not forgive those who were responsible for the greatest massacre and disaster since the founding of Israel, but who are attempting to evade their responsibility and hide the truth,” organizers say in a statement.

“When we are all called upon to remember, they do their best to make us forget. The only way to truly heal the wounds and rise again as a people is to establish a state commission of inquiry that would make sure the disaster will not be repeated and that those responsible will go home,” they say.