Israeli singer Yuval Raphael, who survived Hamas' 2023 attack on Israel, faced protests including an alleged throat-slitting gesture during the Eurovision's opening event in Basel, Switzerland, over the weekend.

Israel's public broadcaster Kan said it had filed a complaint to the Swiss police, saying a protester made a "throat-slitting gesture" and spat at members of the country's delegation during the Eurovision opening ceremony on Sunday.

Kan, the national broadcaster of Israel, has filed a police complaint after a ‘throat-slitting’ gesture appeared in the opening ceremony of Eurovision 2025. In the video, a man can be seen holding a Palestinian flag and making a gesture that looks like a throat-slitting motion,