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Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the hardest hit on October 7, blasts Netanyahu for not visiting
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On today’s national day of mourning for the massacre on October 7, Kibbutz Nir Oz blasts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not having visited the community since that day a year ago.
Nir Oz was one of the hardest-hit communities in the Hamas-led onslaught, with 117 of its 400 members either murdered or kidnapped and taken hostage.
The community puts out a video of the death notices of members killed, along with photos of their graves.
“06:29, 7.10.23: Since then, every day is a day of mourning for us. In Kibbutz Nir Oz there is no need for a day of mourning, because they live the mourning every day anew for over a year,” the statement reads. “And in general — days of mourning are commemorated only at the end of the event and not in the middle of it.
“Still, if it was decided to hold such a day, we expect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come and stand by our side, in a kibbutz where a quarter of the population was kidnapped or murdered,” the statement continues.
“Twenty-nine of us are still in Gaza. Only when they and the other hostages return, will 7.10.23 come to an end, a day that has lasted for 387 days.”
Last week, residents of the kibbutz said they would not participate in today’s state ceremony.
The kibbutz says Netanyahu has not responded to its invitation to visit the community.
איזה בוקס בבטן, אלוהים. קיבוץ ניר עוז קיבץ את מודעות האבל של הנרצחים בקיבוץ, ותמונות הקברים.
זו לשון ההודעה של הקיבוץ בבוקר זה:
06:29, 7.10.23: מאז כל יום הוא יום אבל עבורינו.
בקיבוץ ניר עוז לא זקוקים ליום אבל, כי חיים את האבל בכל יום מחדש כבר מעל שנה. ובכלל – ימי אבל מציינים רק… pic.twitter.com/0JhfOtyu9K— Michal Peylan • מיכל פעילן (@michalpeylan) October 27, 2024
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