Dani Elgarat, whose brother of Itzik Elgarat was killed in captivity and recently returned to Israel for burial at home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, speaks at the Jerusalem rally for the hostages on Saturday night, saying number of captives killed will rise due to the resumption of the fighting in Gaza.
“It’s his direction that killed them,” says Elgarat, speaking of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “He is directing events, he is acting against the interest of the country. He wants the captives dead, silent and not telling details.”
Elgarat calls on the attorney general to prevent the prime minister from moving forward and for the IDF chief of staff to stop following Netanyahu’s orders and calls for a general strike.
The weekly Jerusalem rally is larger, louder and angrier than usual, as demonstrators yell about the government’s actions, bang on drums and shout “Shame!” into bullhorns.
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