The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected calls for an immediate independent inquiry into the security failures that allowed the deadliest attack in his country’s history.
Speaking to Israel’s parliament, Netanyahu told lawmakers: “First, I want to beat Hamas.”
A spokesperson for Netanyahu said the Israeli prime minister is not seeking to dodge an inquiry but that “the government is completely focused on winning this war”.
“What people want us to do right now, they don’t want us to go into a dramatic internal investigation while our hostages are still being held, and so many soldiers have abandoned their lives to protect the country,” said the spokesperson. "...right now we’re focused on winning this war.”
The Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, had last week called for the formation of a state-commission inquiry for the 7 October attacks.
“It must examine all of us: the decision-makers and professionals, the government, the army and security services, this government – and the governments over the last decade that led to the events of 7 October,” Gallant told a military graduation ceremony, reportedly to applause.
A video of the three-hour meeting at the prime minister’s office, described in the Israeli media as “tense,” aired on television shortly afterwards, showing a series of confrontations between the bereaved families and the prime minister, who rejected their demands for an apology over his role in the security failures.
Netanyahu appeared surprised when the families described how their daughters had repeatedly warned of an impending attack, despite widespread reporting in the months since 7 October describing how the spotters were ignored when they tried to tell their commanding officers of the risk.
One participant in the meeting told Netanyahu that her daughter had “just finished her on-job training. She started her stint as an observation soldier just the week before. She came home and told us, Mum … there’s going to be an invasion.”...
The meeting marks the highest-level acknowledgment of the Israeli military’s failure to listen to the lookout unit in Nahal Oz, where dozens of soldiers were killed and others taken hostage on the 7 October
🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Guardian .
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Netanyahu Received Four Intel Warnings of ‘Security Risks’ Before 7 Oct
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These observers from the Nahal Oz Base who were warning of the Oct 7th attack for months prior, were actually taken hostage. A video of the Nahal Oz observers in Hamas captivity was recently released in May by the “The Hostages and Missing Families Forum”... formed by families of the Israeli hostages.
While the video went viral in May, I did not see many talking about how this was the same group of observers whose repeated warnings of Oct 7th were dismissed… they were even threatened with court martial
The video was released in attempt to pressure Netanyahu to negotiate for the release of the hostages.
This led to Netanyahu resuming hostage talks
These renewed hostages talks did not last long, and were sabotaged like previous negotiations.
5/31 — Government Sacrificing Hostages, [Hostage] Families Say, Following Fraught Hanegbi Meet
5/31 — Hostage’s Relative: PM’s Aide Told Us Government Will Only Bring Back Hostages if Deal Pays off Politically
12/3 — Part 3: Blueprints Possessed by Israel Year Before Attack - MORE Evidence Oct. 7th Was an Intelligence Stand-Down
11/28 — Part 2: More Israeli Military Personnel, Witnesses Speak Out, Substantiating Oct. 7 "Conspiracy Theories" That IDF Killed Israeli Civilians and Israeli Leadership Ignored Intelligence Prior to Attack
11/14 — Part 1: Oct. 7... Convenient to a Pre-Existing Depopulation Agenda
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