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State Commission of Inquiry

Netanyahu, other officials summoned to testify in state inquiry over submarine affair
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exits a submarine during a visit to the military port of Haifa on November 17, 2009. (GPO)
By Jeremy Sharon
Former Mossad head Yossi Cohen, ex-defense chief Moshe Yaalon among those summoned under warning; IDF chief Zamir, ex-president Rivlin also to give testimony, but not as suspects
Protesters including former hostages and families of hostages demanding a state commission of inquiry march to Tel Aviv's Hostages Square during events marking the 1,000th day since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, massacre, July 2, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 15, 2026, 4:55 pm
Poll: Jewish Israelis want Oct. 7 commission of inquiry, ultra-Orthodox conscription
Israel Democracy Institute survey finds 71% want top-level probe of Hamas invasion, 72% favor egalitarian draft law; more Israelis view UK as hostile than they do Saudi Arabia
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Hamas terrorists are seen near the Gama Junction in southern Israel, close to Re'im and Kissufim, amid the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (South First Responders/File)
October 14, 2026, 8:35 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief files defamation suit against Netanyahu, details warnings months before Oct. 7
Ronen Bar says Netanyahu disregarded an ‘extraordinary series of warnings of impending disaster’; lawsuit comes in response to PM’s claim of ‘criminal’ acts by Bar for failing to wake him before Hamas attack
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) interviewed on the pro-government Channel 14, October 13, 2026. (Screenshot); Left, from top: Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot at a youth conference in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Former PM and B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett in Herzliya, September 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman (Gili Yaari/Flash90))
October 14, 2026, 5:03 pm
Unless the opposition steps up its game, Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, could yet survive this election
It’s a combination of his own shameless efforts to rewrite history, his opponents’ inability to adequately hold him to account for that blackest of days and much more besides, and, perhaps, Israel’s changing demographics
By David Horovitz
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, October 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 9, 2026, 3:20 pm
‘Treason’: Opposition demands criminal probe of PM, after ex-military aide’s Oct.7 revelations
Leaders of anti-Netanyahu bloc call on attorney general to investigate allegations Prime Minister’s Office tampered with records from Oct. 7 to cover up failures, lied to comptroller
By Leon Kraiem
Then-Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Avi Gil arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 3:05 pm
Netanyahu’s former military secretary alleges attempt to alter October 7 records
Avi Gil, who advised PM on October 7, details ‘criminal pattern of behavior’ from Prime Minster’s Office to absolve Netanyahu of blame; Likud denies ‘politically motivated propaganda’
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Families and people attend the national memorial ceremony marking three years since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 12:07 pm
‘Every day is October 7, still’: 50,000 attend Tel Aviv memorial
Marking 3 years since deadly Hamas attack killed 1,200, family members remember their fallen loved ones, demand state commission of inquiry into failures: ‘Don’t rewrite history’
By Deborah Danan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) attends a security briefing during an IDF operation in Jenin on July 3, 2023. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and next to him is Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet is at center. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 am
Before Oct. 7, Netanyahu was repeatedly told internal rift emboldening enemies – report
Top security officials, including Shin Bet and IDF chiefs, defense minister, said to have warned PM of danger from judicial overhaul chaos for months before Hamas onslaught, but he shrugged them off
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Yashar party leader and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot campaigns ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election, in Kiryat Malachi, August 17, 2026. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
October 6, 2026, 5:56 pm
Bereaved by war, determined to heal, protect and revive Israel: Gadi Eisenkot’s prime ministerial mission
In an impassioned interview with The Times of Israel, the opposition frontrunner explains why he stayed in politics after his son was killed in Gaza, how he would safeguard Israel and return it to the community of nations, and why Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, must be sent home
By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool Photo via AP)
October 5, 2026, 2:07 pm
The cost of Netanyahu’s consistent evasion of responsibility is paid in lives
From the 2021 Mount Meron disaster to October 7 and the flydubai hijacking attempt, the prime minister repeatedly ignores warnings and shifts the blame to others, with fatal consequences
By Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and IDF chief Herzi Halevi at the start of a security cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, November 16, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 4, 2026, 12:52 pm
Report: Ex-IDF chief says he suggested dismissing refusing reservists, but Netanyahu said no
Halevi reportedly tells bereaved families that during 2023 judicial overhaul crisis, he asked Netanyahu to either express support for reservists or let him dismiss them, but PM warned it would ‘spark a bigger wave’
By ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2026, 2:26 pm
Three years after October 7, Israel’s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart
The tragic story of Ambassador Leiter’s family reflects a society united in crisis, yet fundamentally betrayed by politicians who actively evade responsibility for their failures
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 28, 2026, 11:08 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief says he’ll sue Netanyahu for claim he withheld pre-Oct. 7 warnings
After PM accused him of not informing him of impending Hamas attack, Ronen Bar says he warned of disaster but PM ignored him, calls for release of documents, demands PM’s staffers testify
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Israeli protesters hold large photographs of Israeli hostages who were killed in Hamas captivity, as they demonstrate on August 31, 2026, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem calling for a state commission of inquiry into failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
September 23, 2026, 4:20 pm
High Court delays decision on October 7 state commission until after election
Judges accept AG’s opinion and set Jan. 15 deadline for government to respond to petitions for powerhouse probe; petitioners questioned how AG could deem panel essential yet suggest it be delayed
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on October 7, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (Screenshot/Benjamin Netanyahu via X)
September 5, 2026, 4:26 am
Report: Alerted to Hamas onslaught, Netanyahu took 2 hours to leave home, didn’t speak to IDF chief for 3
Told at 6.29 a.m. on Oct. 7 that Hamas was attacking, PM only arrived at IDF HQ at 9, according to office diary entry cited by Israeli TV; he’s acknowledged he ordered full IDF mobilization at 9.55
By ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a cadets graduation ceremony at the IDF's officers school in southern Israel, known as Bahad 1, March 7, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 3, 2026, 4:14 pm
‘Unfathomable’: PM slammed over news he waited 3 hours to speak with IDF chief on Oct. 7
‘Our brothers and sisters were still alive,’ fumes October Council, after public broadcaster says Netanyahu didn’t talk to Herzi Halevi until 9:45 a.m., as massacres were unfolding
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
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