Nova survivors suing the State security apparatus

42 victims (made up of the families of some of the murdered victims and some survivors) of the Nova massacre of October 7, 2023 are suing the a conglomerate of the UDF, the Shabak security service and the Israel Police to the tune of 200 million shekels saying the tragedy was preventable.

According to Israel Hayom, they are suing for the negligence and failures of the security services in mismanaging the event considering the security risks.

It seems this is the largest lawsuit ever filed against the State for security failures.

They are claiming that all the State had to do, all the security services had to do was make a phone call to the organizers of the event on October 6 at night saying due to information just received the party must be dispersed.

The permit for the event was requested three months prior. Before issuing the permit the security forces considered concerns about holding this party so close to the Gaza border, but eventually they issued the permit. There was also a specific concern for allowing it on that date specifically because of the holiday - with many soldiers being given leave to go home for the holiday it might be difficult to secure the event properly. Despite the concerns, they issued the permit.

They claim that during the night of October 6 unusual activity was detected and the security forces knew something unusual was going to go down, but they did not update the organizers of the Nova music festival and did not order the dispersal of the party.

This is going to be interesting to watch. The State failed them, as it failed residents of the entire region of the communities and towns near the Gaza border. Before an investigative committee convenes, investigates, and publicizes its finding, how are the people behind this lawsuit going to prove what the army (and other security forces) did or did not know that night about what would happen the next morning? I tremble at the thought that they actually did know what was coming (rather than having general security warnings they probably see every week) and did nothing about it.

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