‘Modern day Nazis’ — Oct. 7 terrorists to face military tribunal

The roughly 300 terrorists arrested after the Oct. 7 massacres could face the death penalty.

By World Israel News Staff

More than two years after the Oct. 7 massacres led by the Hamas terror group, the Knesset passed a law approving special military tribunals for those who invaded Israel on the bloodiest day in the history of the Jewish state, paving the way for the terrorists to finally face justice.

The law establishing the tribunals passed Monday evening with 93 votes in favor and none opposed.

The roughly 300 terrorists arrested inside Israeli territory on Oct. 7 and in the days following the massacre will be tried under Israel’s 1950 Law for the Prevention of Genocide. If convicted, they could face the death penalty.

Additional charges expected to be brought against the terrorists include terrorism, causing war, violating Israeli sovereignty, and aiding an enemy during wartime.

“This is a historic framework intended to deliver justice and bring to trial the terrorists who carried out the worst massacre in the state’s history,” said MK Simcha Rothman of the Religious Zionism party, who introduced the law alongside Yisrael Beitenu MK Yulia Malinovsky, in a media statement.

“These will be the trials of the modern-day Nazis, and they will go down in the history books,” Malinovsky said.

She added that the trials will be broadcast on television and online and will also be open to the public.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin of the Likud party praised the passage of the bill as a critical symbol of Israeli unity at a time of ongoing political disputes, saying leaders were able to come together to ensure justice for the victims of October 7.

“One can feel that we are doing the right thing by finding a way to unite at this moment, even though we are on the eve of elections and despite all the disagreements that exist,” Levin said.

Israeli authorities have faced criticism for keeping the terrorists in detention for more than two years without bringing them to trial, with many victims’ families demanding that the perpetrators finally face justice in court.