IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Herzi Halevi addressed the army's investigations into the October 7 massacre at the 189th Wing Parade at Hatzerim Airbase, saying that "the IDF is conducting a complex and extensive investigation system in all branches and wings. We did not wait and began investigations from the third month of the war, which has not happened in any war in the past." Halevi added that "the investigations must be thorough and genuine. Operational investigations do not replace or contradict external investigation bodies. The IDF will cooperate with any external investigation mechanism that is decided upon."