The Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling this Sunday temporarily suspend the investigation into the failures of the army and the Shin Bet, domestic intelligence agency that preceded the October 7 Hamas attacks.

“Given the complex reality and scale of the planned investigation, which will be detrimental to the fighting, The investigation must be suspended at this time.”Judge Kanfi-Steinitz issued her ruling today in response to a petition by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel and the Israel Defense Shield Forum.

“This is a bold and correct decision, which will allow security forces to focus solely on defeating the enemy. We welcome the responsibility shown by the court and ask the comptroller to respect this decision,” said Eliad Shraga, president of the Movement for Quality in Government.

The judge explained that the confidential conclusions of the security forces They had significant weight in this order.

Israel’s Comptroller of State, Matanyahu Engleman, announced a wide-ranging investigation in late December.in order to eliminate basic faults this allowed Hamas to carry out attacks that left 1,200 dead and 251 kidnapped after a late Israeli response.

However, the start of this investigation has drawn criticism from various groups, including army chief of staff Herzi Halevi and the government, which They believed that the first step was to end the war in the Gaza Strip.

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The disqualification will remain in effect until at least July. when a court hearing is scheduled and applications for temporary orders are being considered.

(EFE)