The committee sent requests for responses to over 120 senior political and military officials as part of its preparation to publish a comprehensive and highly critical report.
The civilian probe was formed in July by families of those killed on October 7, representatives from the attacked kibbutzim, and civil society groups.
Hostages Elia Toledano, Nik Beizer, and Ron Sherman were confirmed as killed due to Israeli strikes that killed Hamas brigade chief Ahmed Ghandour.
"Had we waited for orders, there would not be anyone to save," Officer A said in his testimony.
Brig.-Gen. Amal Assad criticized Israel's approach to the Israel-Hamas war, urging a focus on strategy and hostage rescue over aimless fighting.
Why hasn’t such an investigation been censored? Such sensitive investigations should have been put under a gag order.
The Hamas terrorists “knew that the IDF knows how to handle a maximum of five points in parallel,” Democrats Party leader, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yair Golan told the committee Tuesday.
Israeli military police prosecutors contacted Gaza Palestinians released from Sde Teiman prison to investigate possible abuse by IDF soldiers.
With a National Committee of Investigation lacking, the forum will serve as the FADC's tool for oversight and examination of all of the IDF's investigative reports.
The announcement of the committee came one day after Israel's coalition struck down a bill to fund a national investigation of the events leading up to October 7.
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