Israel protest accused the government of ‘burial’ – October 7 investigation – The Times of India

Jerusalem: Israel’s opposition leader on Monday accused the government that Hamas protested against the investigation of a state in the incidents around the October 7, 2023 attack, an indorest in a possible investigation, a court order After the cabinet meeting.
Hamas attack in the Gaza Strip for more than 15 months of war was the deadliest in the history of Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He has refused to accept the responsibility for the failures, and his government has suggested that any investigation should be awaited until the fight is over.
Speaking in Parliament, opposition leader Yare Lapid said that “the government did everything to bury the commission yesterday”, referring to a cabinet meeting late on Sunday night, which did not take any decision on the formal investigation.
Lapid said an inquiry was required so that a uniform attack “will not happen”.
He accused Netanyahu of ignoring intelligence warnings before an attack from across the border, and followed a policy to “strengthen Hamas” over the years.
According to AFP Tally, 1,210 people, most of the citizens, died as a result of Hamas’s attack.
Terrorists also took 251 hostages, out of which 73 are built in Gaza, of which 34 Israeli army says that they have died.
Following the appeal to the victims and hostages as well as the NGO’s relatives, the Supreme Court of Israel on 11 December demanded to meet the government within 60 days to discuss the construction of an inquiry commission.
The government met on the subject on Sunday and did not take any decision.
Remote-right Finance Minister Bezellal Smotrich defended the government’s position on Monday and said “In the midst of war, this is not the right time to investigate”.
Since last month, a delicate Trus has stopped Israel’s military operations to a large extent in Hamas-Run Gaza Strip, whose Health Ministry says the war has killed at least 48,208 people in the region.
Smotrich said that when he was “in favor of investigation” in the October 7 attack, he does not trust the judiciary, with responsibility the continuous target of criticizing Netanyahu’s government with responsibility.
According to Israeli law, if the government decides to set up the inquiry commission of the state, it will have to inform the President of the Supreme Court, who is then responsible for appointing its members.
Since the 1960s, more than a dozen such commissions have been formed in Israel, especially after the Arab-Israeli War of 1973, a massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanan by the Israeli-backed militia in 1982, in 1982, a massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, And the murder of Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin in 1995.
Recently, the State Commission was launched in a deadly 2021 stampede in which 45 people lost their lives during a Jewish pilgrimage in the north of Israel.
A bill was rejected by most MPs on 22 January to create a state inquiry commission on 7 October.