Nova Victim's Mother Blasts Netanyahu Over Oct. 7 Failures

Three years after her daughter, Libi, was murdered at the Nova music festival, mother Shelly Meshel-Yogev is speaking out about her enduring grief and anger towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the anniversary of the October 7th massacre. "Every morning I feel like Libi died," Meshel-Yogev shared in an interview with 103FM, describing the profound pain of organizing a memorial for her daughter instead of celebrating her life.

She recounted the constant struggle to cope with the loss, admitting that even after three years, she wakes up each morning with a racing heart, reliving the moment she learned of her daughter's death. Meshel-Yogev explained how she initially coped by rationalizing her daughter's absence, comparing her seven-month trip to South America to the time that had passed since the attack, a coping mechanism that ultimately shattered with the realization that Libi would never return.

Meshel-Yogev is involved in a joint sukkah initiative for October 7th victims' families, aiming to ensure the events are not forgotten. She stated that anyone in leadership who was involved politically or militarily on October 7th is unfit to continue in public life. "I can't understand how anyone doesn't think like that?" she questioned.

Directly addressing reports of prior warnings given to Netanyahu, Meshel-Yogev expressed immense frustration, stating, "We were fed nonsense for three years." She questioned Netanyahu's actions on the day of the attack, noting it took him three hours to speak with the IDF chief of staff and that no air force units were scrambled. She cited warnings from the Egyptian intelligence chief, the Saudi Crown Prince, and the head of the Shin Bet, who allegedly alerted Netanyahu multiple times to Hamas's preparations for mass murder and the need to eliminate Hamas leadership.