Former Shin Bet deputy chief calls for October 7 inquiry

Former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) deputy director Israel Hasson called for an investigation into the failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, following statements by the then-Prime Minister's military secretary, Maj.-Gen. Avi Gil and then-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar that contradict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accounts of events before and after the attack.Speaking on 103FM, Hasson addressed the conflicting accounts and questioned how Israel had reached a point where senior security officials and political leaders were publicly disputing responsibility rather than conducting a comprehensive examination of the failures."I sat through the Shin Bet's investigation for four and a half hours," Hasson said. "An investigation is measured by whether there are questions that were not asked.""I told them, 'I salute you.