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Gantz urges PM to let southern communities manage Oct. 7 state memorial event
MK Benny Gantz attends a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, August 17, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
National Unity chair Benny Gantz calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to transfer responsibility over a state memorial ceremony for the October 7 massacre from Transportation Minister Miri Regev to the communities ravaged in the assault and to the culture minister.
“The way to mark the anniversary of the October 7 massacre can’t be determined by me, nor by you, nor by minister Regev. The nature of this day should be determined by those who experienced the inferno: the residents of towns in the Western Negev, the hostages and their families, the families of fallen soldiers, and the wounded,” Gantz says in a statement.
