A group of 42 survivors of Hamas’s October 7 attack on the Supernova music festival in southern Israel have launched a civil suit seeking 200 million shekels ($56m) in damages from the Israeli army, Israel’s Ministry of Defence, the police force, and Shin Bet intelligence service.
In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs said that Israeli army officials could have “saved lives” with a “single phone call” warning people to leave “immediately in view of the expected danger”, according to reports on the lawsuit in Israeli media.
A call by Israeli authorities could have also “prevented the physical and mental injuries of hundreds of partygoers, including the plaintiffs”, the lawsuit states.
About 3,500 people attended the Supernova music festival where at least 260 people were killed and many taken captive after Hamas fighters arrived in trucks and on motorcycles from the nearby Gaza Strip.
