Former Hostage Rom Braslavski Demands Resignation of Israel's Government After 738 Days in Gaza
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Updated · The New York Times · May 11
Former Hostage Rom Braslavski Demands Resignation of Israel's Government After 738 Days in Gaza
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 11
Rom Braslavski, freed after 738 days in Gaza, demanded that all Israeli ministers and Knesset members resign over the state's failure to prevent the Oct. 7 attack.
Speaking at parliament with the October Council of former captives and families, Braslavski said no one in government had apologized for his abduction or for the time it took to secure his release.
Braslavski said Islamic Jihad starved, tortured and sexually abused him, leaving him clinically dead at one point and weighing 47 kilograms during captivity.
His remarks add to pressure from former hostages and their families, who have increasingly turned their trauma into a direct political indictment of Israel's leadership.
After a hostage’s harrowing testimony, can Israel’s government survive its crisis of accountability while waging a multi-front war?
With the war now expanded to Iran, is Israel's strategy succeeding or simply fueling a wider, unending conflict?