Relatives of murdered hostages posted criticisms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on social media this weekend.
Hana Cohen, the aunt of Inbar Hayman, also wrote a Facebook post sarcastically "thanking" Netanyahu, while blaming him for his "war of destruction" which caused Hayman to be returned "in a coffin."
Hayman's remains were returned from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, and was buried on Friday. She was murdered while attending the Nova music festival, and her remains were held in Gaza for over two years.
Cohen added that she "personally will make sure to hold accountable everyone who caused your murder, my Inbar- from the political leadership and from the military.”
She, however, expressed genuine gratitude for the "many good people from both the Right and Left who helped bring Hayman's remains home," and concluding that "tens of thousands came to salute" the "heroine of life."
Zoli Gyongyosi, brother-in-law of Smadar and Roee Idan who were murdered on Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the October 7 massacre, criticized Netanyahu in a Friday Facebook post.
Gyongyosi, who along with his wife, adopted the Idan's three children, wrote that he has waited for hostages to come home before saying what is "on his heart."
Since Avigail Idan, Smadar and Roee's daughter, returned from captivity he has become "a national sweetheart," as he did not say what he thought about October 7, he claimed.
If he spoke his mind, people would say he is "left-wing, or anti-Netanyahu," he believed, clarifying before beginning his criticism that he is not "left-wing," and has been "a Likud man from the first day I stepped into the polling station."
He noted, however, that there is a "big but," to his feelings, as the government, "who were responsible for this disaster," never sent a representative, made a phone call, shared in the families' grief, or ask for forgiveness from either Gyongyosi or "the three orphans who were left without parents because of them."
"That, in my eyes, is the minimum," that the government needed to do, he commented.
Netanyahu 'has no time for leftist kibbutznik who was slaughtered like a sheep,' murdered hostage relative claims
He rejected a claim that Netanyahu did not reach out because of a burden on his role, stated that Netanyahu is "a master at taking credit for success," and for "gladly running to get photographed with hostages," but affirming his perception that the prime minister has "no time" for the "leftist kibbutznik who was slaughtered like a sheep."
He also noted that senior IDF officials found the time to contact him, apologizing for the failures which led to Hamas's October 7, 2023, massacre, but that Netanyahu never attempted to do so.
"We went through a Holocaust on their watch, and they're busy with the attorney-general, with haredi draft exemptions, and so on," he alleged.