A government representative tells the High Court that a probe into October 7 should only begin after the war is won, which a High Court justice called a bombshell.
“The time is not yet ripe to establish an investigative committee. We are now in a very fragile ceasefire, I was afraid that we would not be able to get to the hearing,” government representative Michael Rabello tells the court, according to Hebrew media reports.
Justice Noam Sohlberg responds, “How many years can we wait?”
Rabello tells the court: “The main thing right now is that the State of Israel will win the fighting on all fronts. We need to win, that is the main thing.”
Justice Yael Wilner responds: “Only after the war ends will we investigate what happened three to four years ago? In my opinion, your position is dramatic and you are dropping a bombshell. It is not a question of how to investigate. Right now, we are not investigating at all. We will wait until we win on all fronts? This is what you saying — that if we win, then we will start investigating?”
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