The State of Israel filed a civil lawsuit for approximately NIS 2 million in the Haifa Magistrate's Court against four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who kidnapped and murdered IDF soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984, according to reporter Ofer Ravid.
The civil suit targets four identified operatives of the PFLP who abducted 19-year-old soldier Moshe Tamam from a bus stop near Kibbutz Yagur in northern Israel on December 6, 1984. Tamam's body was found the next day near the town of Iksal. The Israeli security establishment captured the cell members within months of the kidnapping; they were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, though some were later released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange. This civil action seeks financial compensation from the perpetrators, reflecting a legal strategy increasingly employed by Israeli authorities to pursue those who carried out deadly attacks, including cases where criminal prosecutions have already concluded or the statute of limitations has not barred civil claims.
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