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Gantz demands that government find ‘courage’ to establish state inquiry into Oct. 7
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Speaking at a conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies, National Unity chairman Benny Gantz says that on October 7 “the State of Israel experienced an invasion which hasn’t happened since 1948, and must never happen again.”
“In my view, when a broad, significant, and immediate threat emerges, we must launch a preemptive war to eliminate it,” he says calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry to probe “the fundamental question of ‘How could this have happened?'”
“The disaster that befell us is far too severe to be addressed solely through an internal military investigation. I expect this government to have the courage to at least establish a state commission of inquiry,” he continues.
“I joined the emergency government out of a shared sense of destiny, not political partnership. Recently, I personally called [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and told him that we would support him in everything related to bringing the hostages home—and that is exactly what we will do.”
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