One thing Israel is good at these days is having their 'gay pride' parade in Tel Aviv. Everything else has gone to hell in a hand basket.

if the fire department is found linked to this, will anything happen to them?

everything is peachy. When it come to day to day things, it's a friggin mess on steroids.

The Fire Dept. was told by a "City Inspector" that the problem was taken care of. WHICH City Inspector"!!!??? It should have been the responsibilty of the Fire Dept. to have sent a crew out there to verify the complaint was "fixed" especially since they kept getting calls AFTER the ALLEGED "Inspector" said the initial problem was fixed. It is going to be interesting to see what is done if they conclude that the "Inspector" and Fire Dept. are in gross negligence about this tragedy. I bet those at the top will pass the blame to someone/something else and NOTHING be done about this!!!

As a retired fire fighter I feel for the victims, I also know that there is always going to be second guessing about if, what, how come, could it have been prevented. Many incidents here in the states regarding gas leaks/explosions are very similar to that which occurred in Netanya. What it sounds like is there may have been some sort of miscommunication between the Gas department, city inspector, and fire services. Again, this is not uncommon. As to the citizens allegations that the fire services took too long to respond, I can say from multiple experiences, that this is very common, especially in light of the explosion. Time seems to slow down, especially if you have called for help, and they have not arrived yet. With all this being said, yes, a complete investigation must be done, and if mistakes were made, they should be addressed.