Nearly three out of four Israelis fear a potential future attack similar in scale to the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, according to a television poll aired Friday.

The onslaught saw thousands of terrorists storm southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. Israel has since waged devastating wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran.

Asked whether they fear that “another debacle like October 7 could take place in the future,” 74% of respondents to the Channel 12 poll said yes, 20% said no and 6% said they don’t know.

Asked whether Israel’s security situation has changed for the better or for worse since the onslaught, 33% of respondents said worse, another 33% said better, 27% said it hasn’t changed and 7% said they don’t know.

And asked whether they want the failures leading up to the massacre to be investigated by a statutory state commission of inquiry, whose members are selected by the Supreme Court president, 66% said yes, 25% said no and 9% said they don’t know.

Such commissions of inquiry are Israel’s highest investigative authority, with the........

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