Bereaved father ahead of Knesset vote on probe: Government ‘desecrating the memory of the fallen’

A bereaved father accuses the coalition of “spitting in the faces” of those who lost loved ones as the Knesset prepares for a preliminary vote on legislation to establish a politically appointed probe into the failures of October 7, 2023.

Rafi Ben Shitrit is the father of Staff Sgt. Shimon Alroy Ben Shitrit, who was killed battling terrorists on the Nahal Oz army base on October 7, 2023.

“The government is running away from responsibility and is doing all sorts of tricks and shenanigans. Likud MKs are going to support this delusional and disgusting proposal,” he says.

“You are spitting in the faces of the bereaved families, you are desecrating and disgracing the memory of the fallen,” he charges.

“I call on every citizen with a sane conscience in the State of Israel not to cooperate with this committee,” he says.