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Minister Wasserlauf Confronted by Woman While Visiting Hospital With Newborn Son

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Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba

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Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf was verbally assaulted by a woman at a Tel Aviv hospital while visiting with his newborn son. The woman shouted political insults and accused him of being responsible for the October 7th attacks. Wasserlauf, a member of the Otzma Yehudit party, has previously faced threats, including a suspicious envelope and surveillance of his mother's home.

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Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf was verbally attacked at a Tel Aviv hospital by a woman while with his newborn son.
The woman shouted political insults, calling him a "Ben-Gvirist" and accusing him of October 7th responsibility.
Wasserlauf is the Minister of the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience and a member of the Otzma Yehudit party.
He previously survived a missile strike near the Lebanese border.
Wasserlauf also received a suspicious, threatening letter in April addressed to his mother's home.

Minister Wasserlauf Confronted by Woman While Visiting Hospital With Newborn Son — Editorial illustration generated by baba News, not a photograph of the event.

Minister of the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Yitzhak Wasserlauf was verbally attacked by a woman while visiting a hospital in Tel Aviv with his six-day-old son. Video footage circulating from the incident shows the woman identifying the minister and shouting political accusations and insults at him. "Yitzhak Wasserlauf, Minister of the Negev and Galilee, how are you not ashamed to show your face here?" the woman yelled. She further called him a "Ben-Gvirist" and a "Kahaneist," questioning his presence in Tel Aviv instead of the Galilee. The confrontation escalated as she told him, "Shame on you! October 7th is written on your forehead. Shame! Walking around like a peacock."

The woman continued her tirade, asking, "What are you even doing here? Go to the Galilee, I thought you were the minister for the Galilee!" She added, "Came to envy Tel Aviv, to the religious Zionist nuclei. Shame on you!" Wasserlauf, a member of the Otzma Yehudit party led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, serves as the minister for the Negev, Galilee, and National Resilience in the current government. In the past year, he has visited the northern conflict zones multiple times and narrowly escaped a missile strike near the Lebanese border. In April, Wasserlauf received a suspicious envelope containing a threat letter, addressed to his mother's home. Additionally, two residents of Kafr Kanna were arrested after photographing his mother's home in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter.