Small protests bookend Netanyahu speech at ceremony for terror victims

A speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Mount Herzl ceremony for Israeli victims of terror is delivered largely unimpeded, but yelling can be heard from someone in the crowd as his speech ends.

In one video, a person can be heard yelling “garbage,” while in another an older man appears to yell that “he took my kids.”

"לקחת את הילדים שלי ושל כולנו" – אדם מהקהל בסיום נאומו של רה"מ נתניהו pic.twitter.com/hn1bL2qzOd

— הוד בראל Hod Barel (@hod_barel) May 13, 2024

The start of the speech was also marked by a protest, as an attendee stood up and held aloft an Israeli flag with “7.10” written on it, alluding to the date of Hamas’s October 7 attack.

עם תחילת נאומו של ראש הממשלה בהר הרצל, אחד המשתתפים מניף את דגל המדינה עליו נכתב באדום 7/10 pic.twitter.com/aONy8tSugf

— אברהם פריינד (@avrahamFriend) May 13, 2024

During the speech Netanyahu vows that his government is working to bring home the hostages held in Gaza.

“We are working nonstop to bring everyone back — both those living and those killed,” he says. “We already brought back half of them, and we will bring them all back.”