Elgrart attacks MK Miadan: did not stand by him during hunger strike

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Danny Elgrart, whose brother Itzik was murdered in Hamas captivity, published a sharp post against MK Elisha Miadan. According to him, when he was on hunger strike for 180 days, Miadan did not stand by him.

Elgrart accused Miadan of hypocrisy after he set up a unity tent next to the Knesset, and claimed that he was not beside him in the fight to bring the hostages home.

Miadan, who fought in the Gaza Strip, was critically wounded in a battle in which he lost both his legs. Elgrart's post drew stormy reactions, and users wrote that Miadan fought in the Strip and lost his legs for the sake of the hostages.