Overview
- The Knesset State Control Committee voted down a proposal to form a state commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
- Coalition lawmakers from Likud, Shas, and United Torah Judaism opposed the measure, while Yesh Atid, Blue and White, and Ra’am backed it.
- The shelved plan would have empowered an official panel under the State Comptroller framework to examine the failures around the attack and the government’s conduct during the war.
- No representative from the Prime Minister’s Office attended the hearing, drawing sharp criticism from opposition members and bereaved families.
- Government sources are discussing a parliamentary review with equal coalition–opposition representation and possible legal workarounds, even as surveys report majority public support for a fully independent commission.