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Three Sentenced for Looting After Nova Festival Tragedy

1/12/2026

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Beersheba Magistrate’s Court sentenced three Beersheba residents for looting at the Nova music festival site after the October 7 Hamas massacre, giving Liran Yaakobov 36 months, Netanel Aviv 38 months, and Oz Hai Rachum 40 months, with fines.
The defendants stole victims’ belongings, including laptops and identification documents.
Judge Shosh Shitrit condemned the actions as a betrayal of human dignity and rejected the defendants’ claims of helping victims.

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Beersheba Magistrate’s Court sentenced three Beersheba residents for looting at the Nova music festival site after the October 7 Hamas massacre, giving Liran Yaakobov 36 months, Netanel Aviv 38 months, and Oz Hai Rachum 40 months, with fines.
The defendants stole victims’ belongings, including laptops and identification documents.
Judge Shosh Shitrit condemned the actions as a betrayal of human dignity and rejected the defendants’ claims of helping victims.