Overview
- In a classified Knesset committee session, Benjamin Netanyahu said the Hamas assault stemmed from an intelligence breakdown and declared there was no betrayal, prompting opposition walkouts.
- Netanyahu alleged a 5:15 a.m. Oct. 7 Shin Bet summary reached his office only at 9:47 a.m. and was later altered to add an instruction to update the prime minister, a document he said bore Ronen Bar’s signature and was sent to the state comptroller.
- Channel 12 reported that the meeting minutes were logged in Shin Bet systems at 6:06 a.m. with the instruction included and that Netanyahu’s military secretary was updated at 6:13 a.m., directly contesting the prime minister’s timeline.
- The Knesset spokesman said Netanyahu presented material he had submitted to State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman and answered questions, while the comptroller’s broader Oct. 7 probe remains frozen by a High Court order.
- Netanyahu also released curated records portraying him as advocating reconquering Gaza and assassinating Hamas leaders over the years, claims his rivals called blame-shifting as they renewed calls for a state commission of inquiry.