Lapid, Gantz vow state inquiry into Oct.7 will be established after PM defends government’s planned probe

Opposition party heads vow to establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023, massacre after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rails against an “organized pressure campaign” by former officials against the government’s proposed investigation.

“There is no clearer and severe conflict of interest than the prime minister of October 7 and his ministers,” Opposition Leader Yair Lapid writes on X in response to the premier’s statement.

“A state commission of inquiry will be established, if not now, then the first week of our government,” he says.

“The camel can’t see its hump,” Blue and White chair Benny Gantz also writes on X.

“‘Former’ security officials cannot be involved in determining how the October 7 failure will be investigated, but the people who formed the cabinet and the prime minister himself can,” he says sarcastically.

“An independent state commission of inquiry will be established, because it is our duty to the security of the country, to bereaved families and the entire nation of Israel,” Gantz declares.