Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again failed to accept responsibility for the devastating October 7 massacre that claimed the lives of 1,200 Israelis and saw 250 more kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.

During a tense three-hour meeting with the bereaved families of observation soldiers slain in the attack, Netanyahu claimed ignorance of repeated warnings about an imminent threat and that the all-female surveillance unit at the Nahal Oz base on the Gaza border was unarmed.

“Guys, listen, I heard you, listen to me,” Netanyahu said. “All this information, it’s astonishing to me that I’m hearing this. All this information, it needed to reach someplace, that didn’t happen.”

One participant fired back saying, “Are you trying to tell me you didn’t know they didn’t have guns?”

The victims families also demanded that Netanyahu open a state investigation to hold those accountable for the worst single day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

“You’re the leader, you’re responsible. You’re the commander of the army! You command the defense minister, the responsibility is on you. Take responsibility,” one mother said.

In response, Netanyahu claimed such an investigation is not feasible while Israel is at war.

“At this time, I’m telling you, we need to do all the examinations and all that, but to get into that now, so all the officers will get lawyers? We’re in an existential war,” he said.

Hearing those words come out of the Prime Minister’s mouth evoked a strong reaction from one participant who incredulously declared, “What’s the punishment for looking away when it resulted in a cost of a thousand murdered and the dearest price to us?”

Netanyahu was also peppered with questions about why he abandoned the myriads of families who never received support when they lost loved ones on October 7. To this, Netanyahu defended himself by claiming that he only visits someone that he knows personally.

This of course angered many of the families present, who ironically pointed out that Netanyahu made sure to visit the four hostages saved by the IDF last month despite not having any personal connection with them.

“I’ve been sitting at home for nine months. No one has come to us, not from the government or the Knesset. Instead of saying, ‘Guys, we’re aware of you, of your existence,'” one participant exclaimed, while another chimed in agreement by saying, “No one can come to our home? Nine months, they couldn’t knock on the door, and say ‘We made a mistake and ask for forgiveness?”