Yaakov Godo, father of October 7 victim Tom Godo, interrupted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the state October 7 memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl, saying it was a disgrace that Netanyahu did not protect those murdered

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.