Two Men Sentenced for Looting Nova Festival Site After Oct. 7 Attack

Ram Shahin, 34, was sentenced to seven years in prison, a 60,000 shekel fine, and ordered to pay 75,000 shekels in compensation to the victim's parents and 25,000 shekels to his partner. Daniel Hasson, 30, was sentenced to 40 months in prison, a 30,000 shekel fine, and ordered to pay 40,000 shekels to the parents and 15,000 shekels to the partner. Both men are from Daliyat al-Karmel.

The stolen equipment, valued between 800,000 and over one million shekels, belonged to a company co-owned by Matan Lior, a sound engineer who stayed at the festival to help rescue the wounded and was killed by terrorists. Shahin and Hasson hired a truck driver to remove the equipment under false pretenses, claiming they were retrieving a friend's property. When a tracking system on a generator was activated, police seized the truck, but Shahin falsely presented himself as Lior's business partner to secure its release. He even visited Lior's family during their mourning period to continue the deception.

Judge Amir Doron condemned the defendants' actions as an extreme moral low and a cynical exploitation of the tragedy for financial gain while the victims' blood was still on the ground. The sentencing for a third defendant, San Lucian Tevel, who pleaded guilty to aiding the theft, was postponed.