Israeli Parliament Backs First Step Towards October 7 Inquiry

07/06/2026

The Israeli parliament approved a bill in its first reading on Monday to establish a commission of inquiry into the security failings that led to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. 

The bill passed its first reading in the Knesset, Israel's 120-seat parliament, with 59 votes in favor and none against or abstaining. 

Opposition lawmakers, who want a different kind of commission not appointed by politicians, boycotted the vote. 

Under the proposed law, the commission's six members would be appointed by a two-thirds majority of Knesset members. In the absence of an agreement, however, three members would be appointed by the ruling coalition and three by opposition lawmakers. 

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