Israel Will Prosecute Oct. 7 Suspects in Eichmann-Style Tribunal
Abandoned and torched vehicles at the site of the October 7 attack on the Supernova music Festival in the Negev desert in southern Israel in 2023.
Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty ImagesIsrael’s parliament approved a special military tribunal for hundreds of Palestinians accused of taking part in the attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, some of whom could face execution.
The prosecution plan approved on Monday recalls aspects of the 1961–1962 trial of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, which Israeli leaders at the time viewed as an opportunity for the young state, and for international audiences, to confront the crimes of the Holocaust. His conviction upheld on appeal, Eichmann was hanged.