Israel allocates $350 million for special military tribunal to try Oct. 7 terrorists

By Jeremy Sharon

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2 June 2026, 8:58 pm

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Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter

Hamas Nukhba Battalion terrorists captured during the October 7 massacre are seen in a jail cell at a prison in central Israel, where high-risk Hamas prisoners captured during the recent war are being held, February 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The government allocates one billion shekels ($351 million) to the Defense Ministry and the IDF for putting on trial the Palestinian terrorists who committed the October 7, 2023, massacre.

The decision comes after the Knesset passed legislation last month to establish a special military tribunal to try those accused of participating in the atrocities.

The budgets, which will be allocated over the course of 2026 to 2029, will be used to establish the necessary physical infrastructure for implementing the law, including premises for the court, the prosecution and an IDF command center.

The funds will also be used to employ the necessary personnel for the trials, as well as for building maintenance, computer systems, broadcast services, and other requirements.

“The State of Israel will bring to justice 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 citizens will pay the full price,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz.