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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 641

State Comptroller

Illustrative: View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 8:47 pm
Most northern evacuees unlikely to return, comptroller says, blaming Netanyahu
Report blasts Prime Minister’s Office for failing to formulate and implement a long-term plan for border area’s reconstruction, after 60,000 evacuated under Hezbollah rocket fire
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
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
A burnt-out fire engine that went up in flames during massive wildfires in central Israel on April 30, 2025, seen on May 4, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 8, 2025, 5:50 pm
Ahead of Lag B’Omer, comptroller warns PM that recent fires ‘must be a wake-up call’
Matanyahu Englman tells Netanyahu that major blazes outside Jerusalem ‘could have claimed dozens of lives,’ and underfunded Fire Service ‘cannot contend with the challenge alone’
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog (center bottom row), flanked by State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman (right) and Dov Khenin, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 3, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom, Government Press Office)
April 7, 2025, 9:02 am
Government ‘treading water’ on climate crisis, state comptroller warns
Englman tells President’s Climate Forum his office places ‘special’ emphasis on monitoring sustainability, climate and environment, will issue two new reports this year
By Sue Surkes
Israeli soldiers guard the Israeli border fence with Lebanon, northern Israel, March 22, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
April 1, 2025, 4:03 pm
Comptroller says he warned of poor defenses on northern border months before Oct. 7
Surprise inspection by Matanyahu Englman in July 2023 along Lebanese border revealed army posts lacked equipment, infrastructure; Netanyahu, Gallant were given report
By Stav Levaton and 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
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman speaks at the Association of Treasurers, February 27, 2025. (Courtesy State Comptroller's Office)
February 27, 2025, 7:29 pm
Comptroller accuses IDF, Shin Bet chiefs of obstructing his October 7 probe
Matanyahu Englman calls on attorney general to compel IDF, Shin Bet to comply with investigation, says public deserves independent look rather than army’s internal post-mortem
By Jeremy Sharon
A women standing beside a memorial monument in the Mishor Hagefen neighborhood of Ofakim, southern Israel, that was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, photographed on September 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 25, 2025, 9:09 am
State comptroller urges PM to finish review of southern communities eligible for aid
Interim report notes difficulties faced by moshavim and cities of Ofakim and Netivot, which suffered on October 7 but are outside of area earmarked for support
By Sue Surkes
A woman pauses near posters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, as Israel's security cabinet convened to decide whether to approve a deal that would release dozens of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and pause the 15-month-war, January 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 11, 2025, 10:10 pm
State Comptroller says 3 million Israelis suffering from trauma since October 7
Englman faults Health Ministry for ‘collapsed’ health care system; Health Minister Uriel Buso set to double the scope of mental health services
By Diana Bletter
Evacuees from Kibbutz Be'eri at a hotel in the Dead Sea, October 20, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 11, 2025, 9:50 pm
Bureaucratic failures hamstrung social services in wake of Oct. 7, report finds
Comptroller says Health Ministry failed to arrange transfer of funds to ‘resilience centers’ for trauma treatment; Treasury failings meant NIS 16 million unavailable for treatments
By Jeremy Sharon
A massive oil leak caused by the rupture of a Europe Asia Pipeline Company line in the Evrona nature reserve in 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
January 29, 2025, 12:16 pm
Report blasts state oil company for not addressing problems in Eilat-Ashkelon line
State comptroller says Europe Asia Pipeline Company gave out bonuses during year of oil leak, criticizes government for foot-dragging on oil import policy
By Sue Surkes
Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and members of the General Staff Forum at the Defense Ministry, November 11, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
January 8, 2025, 6:20 pm
Amid growing spat, Katz orders Halevi to ‘fully cooperate’ with Oct. 7 probe
IDF hits back, says issues shouldn’t be resolved via the media, military already cooperating with state comptroller; defense minister’s spokesman threatens army spokesman Hagari
By Emanuel Fabian
Left: IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023; Right: State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman walk at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Flash90)
January 6, 2025, 11:41 pm
State comptroller accuses IDF of ‘intimidating’ officers testifying in Oct. 7 probe
Englman says military is posting administrators in all interviews and recording officers’ testimony, which sends a ‘message of deterrence and intimidation’
By Jeremy Sharon and Emanuel Fabian
Left: IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023; Right: State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman walk at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Flash90)
November 21, 2024, 10:59 pm
IDF, state comptroller reach compromise on review of Oct. 7 security failures
Framework allows investigation of secondary security issues to begin immediately, while process on ‘core issues’ will be established by February
By Michael Horovitz
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman (L) at the Israeli Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90); Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, September 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 6:04 pm
Lapid alleges comptroller’s Oct. 7 probe meant to help Netanyahu avoid state inquest
‘An attack on the institution of the state comptroller is dangerous,’ Englman says after opposition chief accuses him of helping PM ‘evade his duty to establish a state commission’
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
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