Pressed by lawmakers to explain why no state commission of inquiry has been established into the failures of October 7 after 17 months Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he opposed a “politically biased” panel. His remarks were marred by scuffles that broke out between bereaved families and Knesset guards.

“We demand the establishment of an objective, balanced investigation committee – not politically biased, whose conclusions are already known in advance,” Netanyahu said.

“And not one variety or a narrow range of opinions – where everyone is concentrated at one end of the political spectrum. Do you think we are children? Real, objective, not biased. That’s what we want. The public demands truth – we demand truth. We want a committee that will investigate everything in an unbiased way, and that’s how it will be.”