Brother of murdered hostage calls for ‘uprising’ against Netanyahu

Danny Elgarat has long blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rather than the Hamas terror group, for his brother’s slaying.

By World Israel News Staff

The brother of a murdered hostage, whose body was recently returned to Israel, called for a mass civil rebellion against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening.

Danny Elgarat, the brother of Itzik Elgarat, has long been a fierce critic of Netanyahu, often focusing his criticism for the hostages’ ordeal on the premier rather than on the Hamas terror group.

While speaking at a rally urging a hostage deal on Saturday night in Tel Aviv, Elgarat said that Netanyahu will be put “on trial for crimes against the nation of Israel.”

Elgarat continued by addressing Netanyahu, saying that the crowd of some 2,500 demonstrators is indicative of a public rebellion on the horizon.

“What you see here today is an uprising,” he said.

He also called for a widespread closure of businesses throughout the country as a way to pressure the government into a hostage deal.

“Shut down the malls, banks, tech sector,” Elgarat added.

Elgarat also compared Netanyahu to Haman, the villain of the Purim story, who pushed for a genocide of all the Jews in ancient Persia and was ultimately executed.

On October 7th, Elgarat was in touch with his brother Itzik as terrorists invaded Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Itzik was wounded before he was kidnapped, telling Danny that “this is the end.”

It’s believed that Itzik was abducted to Gaza by Hamas terrorists while still alive. It’s unclear at what point in captivity he died from wounds he sustained during the terror onslaught.

Elgarat has long focused his ire on Netanyahu, holding him responsible for his brother’s murder.

After Itzik’s body was returned from Gaza in early March, Danny Elgarat railed against Netanyahu at the funeral.

“Today you’re being laid to eternal rest in a grave dug for you by the prime minister himself,” Elgarat said to his deceased brother during his eulogy.

“Netanyahu defeated us, and you didn’t return from captivity,” he added. “The enemy who caused your death was not the one who abducted you, but the one who abandoned you.”