State Seeks About NIS 2 Million From Front Popularity Cell Members Who Killed Soldier Moshe Tamam

Israel’s State Attorney’s Office has filed a civil lawsuit in Haifa Magistrate’s Court seeking about NIS 2 million from four terrorists convicted of abducting and murdering soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984. The suit was filed on behalf of the Defense Ministry and aims to recover the benefits the state has paid, and continues to pay, to Tamam’s bereaved parents under the Families of Soldiers Killed in Action Law.

The defendants are convicted terrorists Ibrahim Abd al-Razak Biadsa, Ibrahim Naif Abu Mukh, and Saleh Abu Mukh, along with the estate of Walid Nimer Assad Daqa, who headed the cell and ordered Tamam’s killing. Daqa died in 2024 while serving his sentence.

According to the filing, in August 1984 the terrorists abducted Tamam while he was waiting for a ride near Netanya. They tied him up, blindfolded him, held him for several days, and then murdered him, leaving his body in an olive grove near Mevo Dotan. The state is also asking that they compensate it for future payments it will be required to make.

The lawsuit argues that those who carried out the kidnapping and murder must bear the financial consequences of their actions, not the public. It says the attack reflected a profound moral collapse and severe harm to the sanctity of life and bodily and mental integrity. The filing quotes the original verdict, which described the killing as a “murder committed in cold blood, with planning and premeditation,” and said the motive was Tamam’s status as an IDF soldier.