00:00Three Israeli citizens, Liran Yaakovov, Natan El-Aviv and Oz Chirahim have been convicted for stealing properties belonging to victims of the October 7, 2023 massacre when groups of Hamas fighters invaded the Nova Music Festival near Kibbutz Beiri, barely 5 kilometers away from Gaza, with over 4,400 fund seekers at the music party and killed more than 360 persons at the music festival which led to the State of Israel.
00:30Israel waging wars in Hamas controlled Gaza, Hezbollah controlled Lebanon, Iran under Ayatollah Khamenei supreme leadership and recently in Houthis controlled Yemen. According to Israeli-based media, UNED News, nearly two years after the October 7 massacre, prosecutors asked the Beersheba magistrate's court to impose prison sentences ranging from three and a half to five years and order compensation for victims on three Israelis,
00:58Liran Yaakovov, Natan El-Aviv and Oz Chirahim, convicted of stealing property from the Nova Music Festival massacre site.
01:06The defendants roamed among bodies and burned cars, grabbing whatever they could, Prosecutor Tehla Needham said during Monday's sentencing arguments.
01:15She noted that some stolen items belonged to innocent civilians who fled for their lives or were murdered during the attack, adding,
01:23they desecrated the dignity of the murdered, with bodies still lying in the area.
01:28Their actions violate the most basic societal norms.
01:31The prosecution also requested a fine of 80,000 shekels, $21,000, for the defendants.
01:40Anyone seeking to rob helpless citizens will not only lose out but pay double, Needham said.
01:46The defense disputed her claims, interrupting to argue that the accusation of looting near bodies wasn't in the indictment.
01:53Saying they were near bodies or burned corpses, when it's not in the charges, is an attempt to mislead the court, a defense attorney contended,
02:02adding that the proposed punishment was disproportionate.
02:05The act was disgraceful, but not severe enough to justify such a penalty, the defense said.
02:12Judge Shoshrit responded, it's well known there were bodies there, even on October 8th.
02:17Make your arguments in turn.
02:20She added that the trio's actions were planned, dismissing claims of them being, foolish, or, childish.
02:27The verdict is expected by late September.
02:30It would be recalled that the Times of Israel reported on November 17, 2023 that,
02:36police said that they had arrested five individuals suspected of stealing the sound equipment from a man murdered at the Supernova Music Festival in southern Israel,
02:45where over 260 were massacred by Hamas terrorists on October 7th.
02:50The equipment, worth some 2 million, new Israeli shekels, NIS, $530,000, was found in the homes of the suspects and then returned to Matan Lior's father.
03:02The suspects, named as Ram Shaheen, Yasser Matney, Daniel Hassan, Adam Abu Rukun and son Tevil,
03:10were arrested in Kalansaw, Hasfiyah and Daliat Al-Karmal.
03:13They are believed to have arrived at the scene of the massacre near Kibbutz Reim after the violence died down,
03:20taking advantage of the chaos to make away with the expensive equipment that Sandman Lior, 35, had brought to the party.
03:28Police said that an indictment would be filed against the suspects,
03:32along with a request to confiscate equipment worth this $185,000,
03:37$50,000, allegedly used by the suspects to carry out the crime.
03:42Lior was murdered along with hundreds of revelers as Hamas terrorists stormed the area and mowed down attendees,
03:49kidnapping many others into Gaza.
03:52Ofer, his father, said that police returned his son's wallet and ID card,
03:57which were also stolen, and added that the thieves had personally known his son.
04:01It was Matan's whole world, he told the UNED news site,
04:06adding that the perpetrators had even showed up for his son Shiva to console the family.
04:11They, hugged me and said they share in my grief, Ofer continued.
04:16I never thought they could do such a thing.
04:19It saddens me that they knew him and did what they did.
04:21The rave was targeted by Hamas terrorists when they stormed into Israel via the destroyed Gaza border fence on October 7.
04:30Gunmen embarked on an onslaught in southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking some 240 hostages.
04:40Al Jazeera on November 18, 2023, narrated the Hamas attack at the music festival with a report stating that the,
04:48Hamas fighters who attacked a music festival in Israel on October 7, killing hundreds,
04:54likely did not know in advance about the event and decided to target it on the spot,
04:59Israeli media has reported citing police and security sources.
05:03According to a copy of the first Israeli police report into the attack, obtained this week by Israel's Channel 12,
05:11Palestinian fighters had originally intended to attack nearby Kibbutz Reim as well as other villages near the Gaza border.
05:18They found out about the music festival with drones and from the air as they parachuted into Israel.
05:25Some 4,400 people had reportedly been at the event that Saturday when Hamas broke through Israel's high security barrier,
05:32which includes radar system and underground sensors, and attacked military posts and villages in southern Israel,
05:40killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli authorities.
05:46This Saturday, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the,
05:50growing assessment in Israel's security establishment,
05:54based on the police investigation and on interrogations of captured Hamas members,
05:58is that the group had not planned to target the event.
06:01While police found maps of the target locations on the bodies of killed Hamas members,
06:07none was of the festival location.
06:09An additional finding supporting the assessment,
06:12according to Haaretz,
06:14was that Hamas militants did not approach the festival from the direction of the border but from a nearby highway.
06:20In addition,
06:21the event had originally been scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday,
06:26with Saturday added to the program only on Tuesday that week.
06:29The report also found that most of the festival goers had managed to leave the event by the time Hamas showed up and the massacre began.
06:38The large majority of people who were at the event,
06:41managed to flee following the decision to disperse the event made four minutes after the rocket attack,
06:47according to a senior police source quoted by Haaretz.
06:50The police investigation also found that an Israeli military helicopter opened fire on the assailants
06:56but also hit some people attending the festival.
06:59No further details were provided,
07:02Haaretz reported.
07:03An investigation into the incident revealed an,
07:06Israeli military,
07:07combat helicopter that arrived at the scene from the Ramah David base
07:11fired at the terrorists and apparently also hit some of the revelers there,
07:15the news report cited an unnamed police official as saying,
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