Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resisted calls from victims' families for an independent state commission of inquiry into October 7, 2023, while attempting to shift blame onto Israel's security establishment

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.