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Survivors of music festival massacre launch lawsuit
Updated On: 17 January, 2024 06:51 AM IST | Tel Aviv | Agencies
Lawyers allege top brass had intel of abnormal activity in Gaza but did nothing
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A cloud of smoke engulfs Khan Yunis following Israeli bombardment. PIC/AP
Forty-two survivors of Hamas’s October 7 massacre at the Supernova music festival at Kibbutz Re’im are suing the Israel Defence Forces, Israel Security Agency and Israel Police for negligence and are claiming 200 million shekels (USD 53.6 million) in damages. The claim was filed by lawyers Anat and Gilad Ginzburg, who note that the night before Hamas’s invasion, top security brass held meetings amid intelligence indicating abnormal activity in the Gaza Strip.
“One phone call would have prevented 364 people from being murdered, raped, or both, and another 40 from being kidnapped into Gaza,” Gilad Ginzburg told the Tazpit Press Service. “We blame the police and the army for allowing the producers to hold the festival (along the border), even though we know that IDF surveillance officers raised the alarm and felt that it would be unsafe,” he added. All 42 plaintiffs underwent medical/psychological evaluations indicating that they suffer from physical or mental trauma as a direct result of the massacre.
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