Overview

• During the Oct. 7 lower‑house session, shouting on the dais escalated into chants of “Palestina libre” and pushing among lawmakers.
• Presiding officer Kenia López Rabadán ordered two minutes of silence to be held separately, one for victims in Israel and another for victims in Gaza.
• PAN deputy Margarita Zavala requested the tribute for Israelis killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, citing 1,219 deaths and naming Mexican victim Orión Hernández.
• Morena’s Leonel Godoy and María Magdalena Rosales pressed for a Gaza observance, and Rosales urged blocking the Israel Friendship Group’s installation.
• PAN’s Noemí Luna and Morena’s Sergio Gutiérrez moved between blocs to contain the altercation, with no disciplinary actions reported.