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Sunday, July 28, 2024
‘You abandoned us for 9 months and now you’re here?’: Mourners yell at ministers at Majdal Shams children’s funeral
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Government ministers at the funeral of 10 of the 12 children killed by a Hezbollah rocket are shouted at by members of the crowd who say that they “have no shame” by attending after nine months of attacks from the Lebanon-based terror group.
“You abandoned us for nine months and now you are here?” a man shouts at Economy Minister Nir Barkat and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman, to applause from the crowd.
“You have no shame. A boy went to play football and didn’t come home,” he yells at the Likud ministers.
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is also yelled at by mourners: “Get him out of here! We don’t want him!”
A number of opposition lawmakers are at the funeral, including Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Labor leader Yair Golan.
The Times of Israel Community.