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Ohana orders probe of Knesset guards’ use of force against hostages’ families
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Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana instructs Knesset director general Moshe Edri and Sergeant-at-Arms Yuval Chen to conduct an investigation into Knesset guards’ use of force against hostages’ families, a Knesset spokesperson announces.
“Since the beginning of the war, the Knesset has opened its doors to the families of the hostages and the bereaved in an unprecedented manner and will continue to be an open house to all citizens of Israel,” the spokesperson says.
During the incident, members of the October Council — which represents October 7 survivors, former hostages, and victims’ families — were blocked by Knesset guards from entering the plenum guest gallery. The incident devolved into a shoving match, with guards pushing and grabbing at protesters at the base of a stairwell leading to the observer’s gallery.
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