On June 12, 2014, a Hamas terror cell in Judea kidnapped three Israeli teenagers—Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel—who were waiting at a junction looking for a ride. The terrorists masqueraded as Orthodox Jews and the abduction was even recorded when one of the boys managed to call the police during the kidnapping; much of the crime was captured in real-time as it happened. Eighteen days following the abduction, the bodies of the three teenagers were discovered. Hamas, operating out of its terror hub in Gaza, used the kidnappings and murders as a pretext to start a war against Israel. The terrorists launched hundreds of rockets into southern Israel, and the Israel Defense Forces entered Gaza in what became known as “Operation Protective Edge,” a military incursion to eradicate the Hamas missile infrastructure and to destroy the underground network of terror tunnels that Hamas used for terror operations. Shurat HaDin represents the families of the murdered Jewish boys and immediately went after Hamas in court. Supported financially by Iran, Qatar, and other state benefactors, Hamas also receives between $50 and $100 million a month from the Palestinian Authority for its administration of the Gaza Strip. The families of the slain boys wanted 500 million New Israeli Shekels in damages but in September, a Jerusalem District Court ordered two of the masterminds of the murderous operation to pay the families only NIS 38 million, approximately $11.8 million. Although we intend to appeal the judgment for its low ruling, this is yet an unprecedented victory. For the first time funds from the Palestinian Authority will be confiscated for a terrorist attack carried out by Hamas if the Palestinian Authority refuses to honor the foreclosure order and continues to fund Hamas despite the order, we will demand the amount of compensation from the tax money that the State of Israel transfers to the Palestinian Authority.
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