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 purpose of the proposed law is to bring about a full, thorough, and independent investigation of the events of the ... October 7 massacre" and the wars that followed, an explanatory note to the bill said. The bill passed its first reading in the Knesset, Israel's 120-seat parliament, with 59 votes in favour 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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Cover image: Un manifestante que lleva una máscara con la imagen del primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, durante una protesta que conmemora los 1.000 días desde el ataque perpetrado por Hamás contra Israel el 7 de octubre de 2023, en Jerusalén, el jueves 2 de julio de 2026. © AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg - Ohad Zwigenberg
