The Israeli government has approved a sweeping initiative to prosecute the Hamas Nukhba terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre, setting aside more than NIS 1 billion over the coming years to establish the legal and logistical framework needed for the trials.

The plan, advanced jointly by Defense Minister Yisroel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, received government approval and assigns responsibility to the Defense Ministry and the IDF for carrying out the prosecution effort. Funding will be distributed between 2026 and 2029.

The allocated budget, totaling more than NIS 1 billion—roughly $350 million—will finance the creation of the infrastructure necessary to conduct the proceedings. This includes the construction of a dedicated courthouse, prosecution offices, and an IDF command center connected to the project.

In addition to building facilities, the funding will support the recruitment of personnel and cover ongoing operational expenses. These include salaries, maintenance costs, computer and communications networks, broadcasting capabilities, transportation, medical services, food provisions, and other administrative needs associated with the trials.

With the government’s approval secured and the funding in place, the defense establishment is expected to begin preparations immediately to launch the judicial process against those accused of carrying out the October 7 atrocities.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said: “As we promised, we are working to ensure that every murderer, rapist, and kidnapper who took part in the murderous terrorist attack against the citizens of Israel bears full responsibility for his actions. Bringing them to trial is our moral and national duty toward those who were murdered, the bereaved families, the survivors, the hostages and their families, and all the citizens of Israel. The State of Israel will exact justice from the perpetrators of the most brutal massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and will send a clear and unequivocal message to all our enemies: whoever slaughters, murders, rapes, and kidnaps Israeli civilians will pay the full price.”

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich added: “The State of Israel is committed to delivering justice to those who dared threaten our existence and massacre our citizens. We are now providing the full budget necessary to advance this moral obligation, so that all those who plot harm against us will know their fate and what awaits them.”

{Matzav.com}