Israel's Knesset (the country's 120-seat parliament) passed the first reading of a bill on Monday to establish a commission of inquiry into the security failures surrounding Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, with 59 votes in favour and none against. The proposed commission would have six members appointed by a two-thirds parliamentary majority, though in the absence of agreement, seats would be split equally between the ruling coalition and the opposition. Opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote, dismissing the process as a "whitewash" and demanding instead an independent state commission whose members would be appointed by the president of the Supreme Court — a body seen as beyond political control. The bill must pass further readings before the Knesset dissolves, expected next week.