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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

State Commission of Inquiry

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting in Jerusalem, January 6, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2025, 6:13 pm
IDF petitions High Court to halt state comptroller’s probe into Oct. 7 army failures
Military says Englman ‘exceeding his authority’ by probing ‘core issues’ of Oct. 7 failures, warns his work will harm future state commission of inquiry
By Emanuel Fabian
This handout photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with reserve soldiers at Tzeelim training base in southern Israel, May 8, 2025. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
May 9, 2025, 8:21 am
PM said to claim half of Israelis oppose state probe into Oct. 7, contrary to polls
Netanyahu reportedly raises voice, bangs hand on table in discussion with reservists; later says probe should be made up of equal number of government, opposition members
By ToI Staff
An Israeli reservist kissing his wife and child goodbye as he leaves for reserve duty, in Jerusalem, May 5, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 6, 2025, 3:02 pm
Daily Briefing May 6: Day 578 – Israel strikes Yemen port in response to Houthis’ attacks
ToI founding editor David Horovitz discusses IAF strike on Yemen, reservists’ return to Gaza, debate over Oct. 7 state commission and Steve Witkoff’s comments about Israeli unity
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO); Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court, in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/ POOL/ File)
May 5, 2025, 2:49 pm
Cabinet rejects state probe of Oct. 7; said set to legislate ‘special’ commission instead
Attorney general tells government that state commission is best, stresses probe must have political independence; opposition says coalition continuing to shirk responsibility
By Jeremy Sharon
Hamas terrorists attack the IDF's Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023, as seen in footage released by the terror group. (Screenshot: Telegram)
March 15, 2025, 11:04 pm
PM rejects offer for Oct. 7 commission formed in consultation with top conservative judge
Proposal by President Herzog and Supreme Court head Isaac Amit would see the latter decide on panel’s makeup with Justice Noam Sohlberg, due to Netanyahu’s claims of bias
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at a pre-Passover toast on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 15, 2025, 9:45 am
Shin Bet head rejects PM’s blackmail accusations, distances himself from predecessor
Bar says security body and its head ‘do not use the organization’s power unnecessarily’ as he apparently rejects Argaman’s denouncement and threats against Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Incoming IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (right) and outgoing chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) at a handover ceremony at the military's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 13, 2025, 2:20 pm
Unlike predecessor, IDF chief Zamir said on board with comptroller’s Oct. 7 probe
In shift from Halevi, who clashed with ombudsman, Zamir reportedly may not believe a state commission of inquiry is needed into October 7, thinks Englman’s probe may be enough
By ToI Staff
Bereaved families, hostages' families and survivors of the October 7 massacre react as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a 40-signatures debate in the Knesset, March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 5, 2025, 4:44 pm
Why Netanyahu must accept Yarden Bibas’s noble invitation, and also back state probe of Oct. 7
‘If we do not look the disaster in the eye, we will not be able to recover,’ the bereaved father and husband wrote, urging the PM to join him when he returns to his kibbutz home
By David Horovitz
Yarden Bibas (R) with his sister Ofri as he eulogizes his wife Shiri and two young sons Kfir and Ariel, at Tsoher Regional Cemetery on February 26, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)
March 5, 2025, 4:40 pm
Yarden Bibas’s letter to Netanyahu calling for state inquiry, asking PM to join him at kibbutz
In letter read out in Knesset, freed hostage who lost wife and kids asks PM to accompany him when he first returns to his home, laments ‘so few politicians’ have taken responsibility
By ToI Staff
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