World in brief October 27 2024
ISRAEL: Protesters disrupted a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today as he spoke at a nationally broadcast ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem for the victims of Hamas’s attack on southern Israel last year.
Mr Netanyahu was forced to stand motionless at the lectern for over a minute during the ceremony as audience members shouted “Shame on you.” Another shouted, “My father was killed.”
Many Israelis blame Mr Netanyahu for the failures that led to the attack and hold him responsible for not yet bringing home remaining hostages.
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