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October Council

Justices hear petitions demanding the formation of a state commission of inquiry into security failures surrounding the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, at the High Court in Jerusalem on April 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 9:32 pm
Court doesn’t order state inquiry into Oct. 7, gives government 2 months to decide on probe
Bereaved families decry ‘slap in the face’ after judges chide government for failure to probe onslaught, but say another ‘suitable framework’ could be found
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Bereaved families lay flowers in memory of their loved ones during a protest and memorial ceremony at Tel Aviv's Habima Square, April 18, 2026. (Naama Zeevi Rivlin / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 19, 2026, 12:28 am
‘We won’t let them forget’: Ahead of Memorial Day, Tel Aviv protest demands Oct. 7 inquiry
‘A second Holocaust happened to my family,’ says Ofri Bibas, vowing Netanyahu won’t ‘evade accountability’; bereaved relative accuses government of wanting families to ‘move on’
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security service, attends a ceremony on May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 26, 2026, 2:53 pm
Oct. 7 bereaved families fume as ex-Shin Bet chief said co-founding leadership project
Ronen Bar reportedly on managing board of new program with Reichman University; victims’ relatives insist anyone responsible for failures that enabled Hamas attack can’t teach leadership
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Activists calling for a state commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023, attack protest outside the home of Education Minister Yoav Kisch in Hod Hasharon, December 24, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
December 24, 2025, 12:09 pm
Protesters rally at ministers’ homes ahead of first vote on government’s Oct. 7 probe
One arrested outside Knesset speaker’s home, suspected of attacking police; father of soldier slain in massacre says government ‘spitting in the faces’ of those who lost loved ones
By ToI Staff
Activists calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7, 2023, massacre protest outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 2:21 pm
3 arrested in protest at PM’s office as backers of state Oct. 7 probe vow ‘week of rage’
Demonstrations to ramp up as ministerial committee advances government’s plan for politically appointed investigation of October 7 attack, rather than state commission of inquiry
By ToI Staff
Anti-government protesters lift up placards during a demonstration against the prime minister and in support of establishing a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, in Tel Aviv on November 15, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
December 21, 2025, 6:26 pm
‘Smokescreen’: Bereaved families attack government-sponsored October 7 probe
As Netanyahu slated to determine scope of investigation into the failures surrounding the attack, October Council says committee’s ‘sole purpose’ is to absolve PM of responsibility
By ToI Staff
Anti-government protesters demand a state commission of inquiry at a rally in Tel Aviv on November 8, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
December 14, 2025, 11:55 am
Former hostages, bereaved families demand Netanyahu open October 7 state probe
22 survivors of captivity and dozens of hostages’ relatives sign letter urging commission of inquiry to ‘investigate all aspects’ of security debacle and subsequent decision-making
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 6, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 11:50 pm
Herzog said to host secret talks with bereaved families on forming Oct. 7 state probe
Unsourced report claims participants asked to sign confidentiality forms; Herzog’s office says President’s Residence serves as space for ‘open dialogue’ on all issues
By Nava Freiberg
L-R: Yoram Yehudai, whose son Ron was killed at the Nova festival, in a video statement released on November 5, 2025. (Screenshot/October Council); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the graduation of an IDF officers' course, October 30, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)
November 5, 2025, 2:19 pm
Bereaved father interrupts PM’s court hearing with demand for state Oct. 7 inquiry
Yoram Yehudai, whose son Ron was killed at the Nova festival, says Netanyahu has refused to meet him, but he will ‘pursue’ premier until an impartial panel is established
By ToI Staff
Activists protest at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of bodies of hostages held by Hamas, November 1, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 2, 2025, 12:59 am
Bereaved families, freed hostages demand state inquiry and return of 11 dead captives
At Hostages Square, freed abductee Eitan Horn calls weekly rallies ‘one of the most important civil struggles in history’; in Jerusalem, October Council vows to step up pressure for Oct. 7 probe
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Committee chair Yesh Atid MK Mickey Levy embraces a bereaved family member at a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset on October 22, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 22, 2025, 2:34 pm
Knesset panel rejects proposal to establish October 7 state commission of inquiry
Bereaved families accuse government of ‘burying the truth,’ breaking promise to establish commission after war, as coalition members of State Control Committee oppose bill
By Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
October 19, 2025, 12:16 pm
Government said working to appoint own Oct. 7 inquiry, angering bereaved families, opposition
Government commission would also examine ‘role’ of protest movement and High Court in Hamas invasion; critics, urging state commission, accuse Netanyahu’s coalition of seeking to investigate itself
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting on August 17, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)
August 17, 2025, 4:47 pm
Netanyahu says nationwide strike is ‘distancing the release of our hostages’
Hostages Forum slams prime minister, claims he’s been ‘deceiving the public’ and has rejected a number of deals that could have brought captives home
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Israelis block the Route 1 highway near Latrun during a protest calling for the release of the hostages, August 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 17, 2025, 2:51 pm
‘We want them back’: Israelis strike and protest in call for hostage deal, end of war
Over 30 demonstrators arrested at multiple protests, water cannon deployed near Jerusalem as roads blocked nationwide; Herzog: ‘People of Israel want our brothers and sisters back home’
By Ariela Karmel, Charlie Summers and Nava Freiberg
Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. August 11, 2025. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
August 12, 2025, 3:00 pm
More universities, 70 local authorities, to back Aug. 17 strike in support of hostages
Hebrew University, Technion, Open University to allow staff to attend protests instead of work; municipalities to dedicate day on behalf of hostages without formal shutdown
By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel
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