Hamas ordered the court to pay NIS 38 million to the victims of terrorism

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The families of the three teenage yeshiva students who were abducted and killed by terrorists in 2014 – Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaer and Eyal Yifrah – are to receive NIS 38 million in compensation from Hamas, the court ruled on Tuesday. Jerusalem district.

The civil rights organization Shurat HaDin has appealed the ruling alleging that the sum was too low. The organization filed a lawsuit against Hamas a year ago on behalf of families for NIS 520 million.

“This is not how you deter a terrorist organization with a $ 1 billion budget that continues to assassinate Jews and shoot at Israeli civilians,” the organization said.

Shurat HaDin, who has represented the families of the three boys, further claims that this sentence undermines the lives of the victims, noting how US courts award hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to victims of terrorism.

The families of the victims have announced that they will appeal the sentence to the Supreme Court.

“A ruling awarding one-tenth of the amount of the compensation claim will fatally harm Israeli deterrence and measures to eradicate terrorism by economic means,” warned Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, president of Shurat HaDin.

Unity Day banners commemorating Eyal Ifrach, Gilad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel. (credit: courtesy)Unity Day banners commemorating Eyal Ifrach, Gilad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel. (credit: courtesy)

The three boys waited at a popular stopping place next to Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, on June 12, 2014, hoping to take a walk to their respective homes.

When a Hyundai i35 stopped, they entered and soon realized that the driver and passenger were not Israeli. Shaer was able to call police at 10:25 p.m., whispering, “We’ve been kidnapped.” Two minutes later shots were heard and the call was disconnected.

The boy’s bodies were discovered 18 days later, on June 30, in a shallow grave near Hebron. Following the abduction, IDF carried out Operation Brother’s Keeper to arrest Hamas leaders in the West Bank, and the Gaza-based terrorist group fired more and more rockets at Israel.

In turn, IDF launched airstrikes and sent troops to the coastal enclave. The resulting war – during which terrorist groups struck Israel through the use of cross-border attack tunnels – lasted seven weeks and left 67 IDF soldiers dead. The remains of soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, killed in the war, are still being held by Hamas.

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