Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will chair a ministerial committee with 45 days to propose the inquiry’s mandate and membership.
- The government says the body will have full investigative powers and be composed to reflect broad public consensus.
- The decision follows a Supreme Court ruling that found no genuine dispute over the need for a state commission and ordered a government update within 30 days.
- Opposition figures and bereaved families condemned the plan as a weaker, politically controlled alternative and announced further protests.
- National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir pressed to include the Attorney General in the review, as critics note existing IDF and comptroller probes lack subpoena powers and polls show strong public support for a state commission.