Government incitement
According to the Haaretz daily, the session was abruptly suspended after security forces ordered judges to leave the courtroom following attempts by some protesters to storm it.
Security forces entered the courtroom and instructed judges to return to their offices, and proceedings were halted due to disturbances outside before the session was later resumed, the newspaper added.
“What are they afraid of, and why? A state commission of inquiry is the only way to uncover the truth, draw lessons, and prevent another disaster,” opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Thursday on the US social media platform X.
“The government of October 7 fears the truth. (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is once again evading responsibility,” he added.
Opposition figure Yair Golan criticised what he described as government incitement against the court.
“The dangerous incitement led by Netanyahu and (Justice Minister) Yariv Levin against the Supreme Court is translating into violence on the ground, and any harm to the justices will be on their shoulders,” he wrote on X.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also rejected delaying the formation of a commission.
“Those who say ‘later’ about an investigation mean ‘never,’” he wrote on X.
Political, military, and security leaders have acknowledged responsibility for failures related to the October 2023 attack events, but Netanyahu has refused to accept responsibility and instead blamed the army and intelligence services.
On October 8, 2023, Israel launched a genocidal war in Gaza that has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and wounded over 172,000, most of them women and children, according to Palestinian figures.
Israel continues to violate two ceasefire agreements, one in Gaza since October 2025 and another in Lebanon since last Thursday, while carrying out near-daily ground incursions in Syria and preparing for the possibility of renewed war with Iran.
