Opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and families of attack victims called for an independent state commission of inquiry into the political and security failures surrounding the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.