Slain IDF spotter's father cuts Smotrich's speech, says he is to blame for hostage deaths

'Many hostages returned in coffins because of you,' the father of slain IDF spotter Roni Eshel shouted at the far-right minister during a ceremony in a Gaza border community. Smotrich, in a Sunday interview, took credit for the return of all hostages kidnapped on October 7

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Slain IDF spotter's father cuts Smotrich's speech, says he is to blame for hostage deaths

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'Many hostages returned in coffins because of you,' the father of slain IDF spotter Roni Eshel shouted at the far-right minister during a ceremony in a Gaza border community. Smotrich, in a Sunday interview, took credit for the return of all hostages kidnapped on October 7

11:25 PM • June 29 2026 IDT

A bereaved father of an Israeli military spotter who was killed on October 7, 2023, interrupted far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's speech during a Gaza border visit, accusing him of responsibility for hostages' deaths.

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