Aunt of slain hostage angrily confronts MK who dismissed recovery of bodies from Gaza

Hannah Cohen, aunt of murdered hostage Inbar Haiman, confronts Knesset Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky during a committee session, saying, “A man like you does not deserve to sit in the Knesset.”

Her broadside comes in response to comments made yesterday by the Likud MK about returning murdered hostages, in which he said that Israel shouldn’t be turned “upside down over corpses. I don’t think we should endanger soldiers for corpses or overturn the country.”

The comments drew outrage from hostage families, particularly those of the 26 hostages confirmed to be dead by the IDF, whose bodies are still being held by terror groups in Gaza. During the hearing, Milwidsky offers an apology for his use of the word “corpses,” which he says was insensitive.

“You abandoned [Inbar], and you need to pay the price for that abandonment,” Cohen tells him.

Cohen claims that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich previously told her that the dead hostages would not be returned through a deal but through military action.

“Now you say that murdered hostages also won’t be returned via military action,” she says to Milwidsky. “So maybe all of you should get together and decide how we return murdered hostages.”

“Tomorrow you’ll come and tell me that my girl is worth half a camel,” Cohen continues, excoriating the chair for even discussing the prices of hostages. “If you make Inbar nothing, you will have to face me. Remember that.”

Listing other hostages whose bodies remain in Gaza, she accuses Milwidsky, and other lawmakers of “killing them a second time.”

“You are a man without morals,” she says to Milwidsky, who is currently under police investigation for rape.

“I’m ashamed of you. Maybe look for another job,” she adds before leaving the room.

After Cohen exits, Milwidsky resumes the session, saying: “OK, where were we?”