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Sister of October 7 hero says anti-Israel protests in London leave her feeling 'betrayed' and scared to visit

From the Newshound archive · first published 6 October 2026.

Neta Epstein, who died shielding his fiancée from a grenade during the Hamas massacre, whose sister has spoken out against planned London marches marking the third anniversary of the attack.
Neta Epstein, who died shielding his fiancée from a grenade during the Hamas massacre, whose sister has spoken out against planned London marches marking the third anniversary of the attack.
Sister of October 7 hero says anti-Israel protests in London leave her feeling 'betrayed' and scared to visit

Rona Epstein, whose brother Neta died saving his fiancée by throwing himself on a grenade during the Hamas massacre, has spoken out against planned London marches on the third anniversary of the attack. She told how returning to Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where dozens were killed just two miles from the Gaza border, was "very hard" and left her feeling the destruction like it was "burning me from the inside." More than 600 officers are to be deployed across London as around half a dozen protests are planned this week, with the University of London Coalition set to march on Wednesday.

Neta Epstein died shielding his fiancée after grenades were hurled into their safe room on October 7, 2023.

The Metropolitan Police has successfully urged students to call off a pro-Palestine march planned for the anniversary date itself.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat has warned that sanctioning Israel while ignoring Hamas will not deliver a two-state solution.

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