Israelis called on Thursday for a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, as the country marked 1,000 days since the deadly assault that triggered the war in Gaza. A series of sombre commemorations were held across the country, as well as protests against the government's handling of events during and after the attack. The first began at 6:29am (0329 GMT) – the exact time at which the Palestinian Islamist movement launched its assault on Israel. Read moreHow has Israel changed? The open wounds of the October 7 attacks "What weighs on me most is the fact that even now, 1,000 days after the event, we are still in the middle of it, and what could have been done to reach some kind of closure has not been done," Dina Hertz, a Jerusalem resident, told AFP. "I mean a genuine commission of inquiry, genuine taking of responsibility, drawing real conclusions, and a true sense of shame and pain by those who were at the head of the system on October 7." In the evening, thousands of protesters gathered on "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, waving Israeli flags and holding placards criticising Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, AFP footage showed.
'A clear sense in Israel that Israel hasn't won anything'
