Hostage’s mother kicked out of Knesset after threatening to take law into own hands if her son comes back dead

Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, is kicked out of the Knesset after warning Minister Zev Elkin that if her son came back dead from Gaza, she would take the law into her own hands.

Speaking at a meeting of the Knesset Committee for Strengthening and Developing the Negev and Galilee, Zangauker got into a heated argument with Elkin, from the New Hope party, accusing the government of lying to the public and not doing all it can to reach a deal to bring home the hostages.

“If my son comes back in a body bag or as body parts, I won’t bring you to trial, I will take the law into my own hands,” she warns.

“My child is alive, and there are only a few like him. Tell the public the truth. There are bodies of of those who were murdered in captivity or kidnapped on October 7 and are no longer among the living, and you will never be able to locate their bodies, so stop using the cynical phrase ‘We will bring everyone back.’ Stop lying, tell the truth – or are you more interested in your your [ministerial] seat?” she says.

She is then ejected by the Knesset guards.

Her outburst comes a week after Hamas released a coerced propaganda video showing the first signs of life from Matan Zangauker, in which he calls on the Israeli public to continue protests in support of a deal with Hamas.

He was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on the morning of October 7, 2023, and has been held captive in Gaza ever since.