During a Knesset debate Wednesday evening, opposition MK Gilad Kariv (Yesh Atid) confronted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly, saying: 'What is there to thank you for? For 46 hostages who came back dead because of you?' The remark escalated recent political turmoil in the legislature.
A sharply personal confrontation broke out in the Knesset on Wednesday evening, July 1, as opposition MK Gilad Kariv (Yesh Atid) addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a plenum debate. Kariv asked: 'What is there to thank you for? For 46 hostages who came back dead because of you?' — a direct reference to the fate of captives taken during the October 7, 2023 attack and subsequent war in Gaza, which has become a focal point of domestic political tension. The exchange follows earlier turbulence in the Knesset, including Kariv's prior challenge to the prime minister on Wednesday night (as The Zioneer reported at 22:30 Jerusalem) over accountability for October 7. That earlier confrontation also drew sharp reactions but did not include the specific casualty figure Kariv cited tonight. Netanyahu has not publicly responded to the remark as of this posting. The Knesset session is ongoing.
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