Father of man killed by Israeli fire during 7 October calls Netanyahu a traitor

The father of Tom Godo, an Israeli man killed by Israeli military fire during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a traitor. Yaakov Godo interrupted Netanyahu's speech at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on the third anniversary of the attack to express his anger, saying, "You did not protect my son."

He lamented, "The blood of my son and of another 1,200 people murdered in a single day is on his hands and on his head." Netanyahu briefly halted his speech but the bereaved father did not manage to get a chance to verbally confront Netanyahu. Godo emphasized, "I managed to stand up to him once. I don't have many opportunities to meet him.

It was important to me to tell him that the blood of my son and the blood of 1,200 other people murdered in one day - it's on his hands and on his head." Netanyahu never turned to address the Godo family; they were only notified of Tom's death after a year and a half by the army, which offered only an apology for their son's death.