Liora Ben Tzur, a resident of Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha whose mother was killed on October 7, took the stage during Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s speech at the kibbutz and pushed back against hecklers, calling for national unity. According to Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom), she noted she had given birth there 30 hours before the attack and invoked her mother's murder by gunfire.
During a speech by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha, Liora Ben Tzur — a resident whose mother, Marcel Talia, was murdered on October 7 — stepped onto the stage and responded to hecklers. According to Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom), she said: 'I stand here as a resident of Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha. I acknowledge your pain. We are here to speak in the name of the people of Israel. 30 hours before the events of October 7, I gave birth to my daughter here. My brothers found my mother, riddled with Kalashnikov bullets, on the path here.' She urged the crowd to stand for the entire nation and to pursue unity — 'not uniformity, but unity.' The incident highlights the raw emotions still surrounding October 7 and the political divide over the government's handling of the aftermath.
3 developments
- DevelopingSmotrich visits Gaza border communities, tells angry residents 'I understand the anger'
- DevelopingHostage daughter to Smotrich: 'My father was abducted alive on your watch, by your 'Hamas is an asset''
- DevelopingFinance Minister Smotrich tells Oded Harosh he considered resigning after October 7
- DevelopingSmotrich defends Judea and Samaria tax benefits as recognition of heroism
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