Otzma Yehudit MK blames IDF Central Command chief for death of Tzeela Gez

By Stav Levaton

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15 May 2025, 9:08 pm

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Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel

MK Limor Son Har-Melech attends the Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Far-right Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech blames IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth for the death of Tzeela Gez, the Israeli mother killed in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank while on her way to the hospital to deliver her fourth child overnight, according to a Channel 12 report.

“A woman was murdered on her way to the delivery room, and it’s all your fault,” Har-Melech says, directly addressing Bluth.

Incoming IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth attends a handover ceremony at Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem on July 8, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

She accuses the IDF general of endangering Israeli lives by reopening checkpoints despite intelligence indicating the presence of a terror cell in the area.

“I gave you a chance. I wanted to believe you would act differently than those who came before you,” she continues. “I won’t stay silent about you anymore.”