Israel DM calls for probe into his and PM’s failures on 7 October

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant yesterday called for a state investigation into the Palestinian resistance’s infiltration of Israeli towns and villages around Gaza on 7 October and his, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and security forces’ failure to prevent it.

“There is a need for an official commission to investigate all of us, including myself and the prime minister,” Gallant said at a graduation ceremony of military officers. “We need a national-level investigation to clarify the facts. A state inquiry commission is necessary.”

Gallant emphasised that the commission should be objective and thorough, investigating the government, the military and security agencies. “It must investigate me, the prime minister, and the chief of staff,” he asserted.

Israel has killed more than 38,300 Palestinians since October and led to a humanitarian disaster.

Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli army acknowledged its failure to protect the settlement of Be’eri, near the Gaza Strip, during the attack over nine months ago.

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