The ministerial committee will meet for the first time on Monday to begin devising the inquiry’s mandate.
Responding to the news, Democrats Chair Yair Golan said: "The man responsible for the greatest disaster in our history isn’t looking for answers, he’s looking for an alibi. This committee won’t investigate failures — it will investigate how to pin the blame on the army, on the protest movement, or even on the kibbutz members.
"The mandate is clear: to whitewash the leader and cling to power by force."
It comes as the Kan public broadcaster reported that IDF intelligence identified on October 6, 2023 that Hamas was planning an operation for the following morning.
According to the outlet, sources in the army's Southern Command said that the unit dismissed the drone-gathered information as indicating a training exercise rather than a significant attack.
The finding is not mentioned in any IDF records, though, and was referenced in the army's own internal probes into its failings prior to the attack.
