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דוח מבקר המדינה פיגוע טרור רכבת קלה ברכבת הקלה גוש דן

Israel faces alarming security failures across all national infrastructure, state comptroller warns

Matanyahu Englman says the Tel Aviv light rail suffers from staffing and training gaps, Ramon Airport is not fully prepared for mass-casualty emergencies and key Israeli sites remain poorly protected from rockets

Yaron Drukman | 12.02.25

ביג בנימין נתניהו מבקר המדינה מתניהו אנגלמן

Israel lacked binding national security doctrine before October 7, scathing war review finds

State Comptroller Englman blames years of political inaction for leaving Israel without a formal security doctrine, weakening military planning before the war; he cites Netanyahu’s stalled 2018 plan and urges Cabinet to act swiftly

Yaron Drukman | 11.11.25

No reserves, no planning: State Comptroller slams Finance Ministry for wartime failures

State Comptroller’s report slams wartime economic management: Social-Economic Cabinet didn’t meet, no financial reserves were set, frontline towns got no aid, war budget was delayed and Finance Ministry hadn’t run a war drill since 2016

Gad Lior | 11.04.25

State comptroller: Poor preparedness for war driving fruit and vegetable price hikes

A new report finds Israel’s Agriculture Ministry was ill-prepared for war, with a 25% drop in produce, labor shortages and lack of protection in farming areas fueling price surges; Auditor warns supply of food staples must be secured in emergencies

Yaron Drukman | 09.16.25

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman's report criticized Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich and Yoav Gallant

Failure on the home front: Scathing report directly criticizes Netanyahu, Smotrich and Gallant

Comptroller Matanyahu Englman holds them responsible for failing Israeli civilians since the outbreak of war on October 7, 2023; Prime Minister calls report conclusions 'irrelevant' and 'baseless'

Yaron Drukman | 09.03.25

State Comptroller finds major civil emergency failings during war, criticizes Israeli officials

State comptroller Matanyahu Englman issues a scathing report on civil defense shortcomings during the war, directly criticizing Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for failures affecting thousands of citizens

Yaron Drukman | 09.03.25

This disaster will be many times worse than Iranian missile strikes

The damage from an earthquake would be much greater than the rocket attacks during Operation Rising Lion, according to the report by State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman; In addition to 810,000 homes at risk, schools also show construction deficiencies; the report also found failures in preparing for fires during the war

Yaron Drukman | 07.22.25

תיעוד מפעילות צוות הקרב של חטיבה 401 בג׳באליה

With most Oct. 7 battle reviews complete, IDF to launch high-level probe of Gaza ground invasion

Focus areas include combat tactics, force readiness, tunnel warfare and lack of full invasion plan—amid ongoing internal criticism and no clear Hamas defeat

Yoav Zitun | 07.22.25

Israel ignored warnings of risk to northern border months before October 7 massacre

Thousands of terrorists penetrated Gaza border and massacred 1,200 on October 7, and later it became clear that if Hezbollah had acted as well - the result would have been even more disastrous; Probe conducted by the State Comptroller just months before while provocations and clashes took place on the Lebanese border, and only now allowed to be published, revealed the magnitude of the danger

Yaron Drukman | 04.01.25

תיעוד פלסטיני: הגדר פרוצה בדרום רצועת עזה

IDF to submit investigations on October 7 failures to State Comptroller by end of April

IDF Chief of Staff, State Comptroller agree on outline for beginning a review process for the military's October 7 failures; "This is a continuation of the agreements from November, on the basis of which dozens of reviews have taken place in the IDF in recent months on 70% of the issu

Netael Bandel | 03.27.25

תיעוד מהלחימה בשלושת מעוזי הטרור שהוכרעו על ידי כוחות חטיבת כפיר

Israeli intelligence reservists allege IDF stuck in pre-October 7 mindset, demand accountability

Dozens of IDF reservists send letter to state comptroller, alleging Military Intelligence failures, silencing of dissent and lack of reforms after October 7

Netael Bandel | 01.10.25

7 באוקטובר, תיעוד פלסטיני: הגדר פרוצה בדרום רצועת עזה

What went wrong on October 7?

After the Civilian Commission’s report, the state comptroller takes the lead—but will it bring answers?

Maayan Hoffman/The Media Line | 12.05.24

State comptroller sounds the alarm on doctor exodus, criticizes lack of retention efforts

Monitoring report reveals severe doctor shortage in Israel, from intensive care to pathology; number of doctors per 1,000 people below OECD average, trend worsening; Health Ministry lacks data on doctors abroad

Adir Yanko | 07.24.24

State comptroller considering probe into release of Al Shifa Hospital director

After release of Muhammed Abu Salmiya shocked government, Matanyahu Englman suggests investigation into conduct, pointing at a possible underlying problem

Tova Zimuky | 07.02.24

State Comptroller says probing cyber breach in PMO, drones

Englman says the comptroller's office reviewing Israel's response to the cyber threats leading into and since the October war and examines how prepared critical systems were to defend against them

Roy Rubinstein, Yaron Drukman | 06.25.24

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