High Court Limits Comptroller's Oct. 7 Audits in Unanimous Ruling

Israel's High Court of Justice unanimously accepted two petitions against State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman's October 7 audit work, ruling that he exceeded his authority in four core security and policy reviews. The court barred continued work on probes covering Gaza policy, border defense, intelligence handling and political, IDF and Shin Bet conduct during the Hamas invasion and massacre. Four other reviews may continue only after fresh procedures that give affected officials a full right to be heard. The ruling preserves rule-of-law boundaries while keeping Israel's obligation to investigate failures, learn lessons and answer bereaved families with a proper state mechanism.