Tel Aviv, Dec. 9 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar's call for a state commission of inquiry into the failures of October 7, addressing the issue during his remarks at Tel Aviv University's Cyber Week 2025 conference.

Bar had argued that only a full state commission could thoroughly investigate the intelligence and security lapses that enabled the Hamas-led attack, warning that avoiding such an inquiry would leave Israel exposed to "another catastrophe" in the future.

His remarks set the stage for Netanyahu's response, which reflected ongoing debates over how the country should examine the events of that day.

Netanyahu reiterated his long-standing position that a traditional state ...