Anti-government demonstrators attacked MK Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit), on Tuesday as he entered the Knesset on foot due to the demonstration. He was forced to enter the Knesset under heavy security. Ministers Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionists), Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Amichay Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit) were also forced to enter the Knesset on foot under heavy security after the leftist protesters blocked the road. Throughout the morning, the police forcefully dispersed protesters who used their vehicles to block roads leading to the Knesset, preventing lawmakers from reaching it by car. After the incident, MK Cohen, a hero of the October 7 battle to save his home town of Ofakim, told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News : "I had to enter on foot because of the many roadblocks and I was violently attacked by a bunch of rioters. My only sin was coming to vote for the budget. I call on the police to do their work, you can't allow people to attack with such brutality. It will end with blood in the streets. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana called on law enforcement to take steps against demonstrators who attempted to prevent members of the Knesset from reaching the Knesset: "I call on the legal authorities to prosecute the rioters who violently prevented MKs from getting to the Knesset.
