A group of several people, including one man who claimed to be a teacher, attempted to forcibly enter Education Minister Yoav Kisch's (Likud) home during a siren on Thursday night, the minister said in a post to X/Twitter.
Kisch described the group as "an extremist and deranged gang of criminals," and shared a video of the individuals banging on the entry gate to his home as sirens sound in the background.
In the video, one of the individuals can be heard shouting at the gate that they are a teacher, before blaming Kisch for the Iranian attack, and that "these missiles are your fault! Protect me!"
"They had eight minutes to evacuate to the nearby shelter and take cover, but still chose to stay in place and act provocatively and violently, attempting to break into my home during the siren," Kisch continued in his post. "This is a grave crossing of a red line."
"For three years the prosecution has allowed this violence against ministers' families at the entrance to their homes, with no response whatsoever. This will end in disaster."
Smotrich blames A-G, claims judicial system corrupted
Later in the evening, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich condemned the attempt to invade Kisch's home in his own X post, saying that the act was a culmination of three years of unchallenged violence against government ministers and their families.
Smotrich warned that the incident, which would "not be permitted against any other government," marks "a dangerous corruption of the judicial system and everyone responsible for it will still be held accountable."
"I wish to strengthen the hand of my colleague, Minister of Education Yoav Kisch, and his family, who have been going through hell for three consecutive years at the hands of a handful of violent anarchists under the auspices of [Attorney-General] Gali Baharav-Miara," Smotrich wrote.
"We will complete the necessary reforms in the justice system and conduct a thorough cleaning of the stables."