Gadi Eisenkot: “I have vowed to establish a state commission of inquiry to investigate government failures on October 7.”

Israel’s security must never be conflated with the election campaign. Not even for appearances’ sake.

Netanyahu was warned and did not act. A State Commission of Inquiry that we will establish will investigate the disaster. The heads of the systems took responsibility and resigned long ago. We will not allow the master of evaders to escape…

Together with him, we will continue building honest, responsible, and unifying national leadership for all Israeli citizens.

Violence of this kind, 84 days before election day, could be a grave indication of what awaits us during this period and cannot be tolerated.