Overview
- The Knesset, which voted 93–0 on Monday, approved a law establishing a Jerusalem-based military court to try suspects from the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack.
- The court can impose death sentences for convictions such as genocide under Israel’s 1950 Prevention of Genocide law.
- Hearings will be public, with audio and video records, and key sessions will stream on a dedicated website.
- Officials say the tribunal will handle roughly 300–400 detainees captured in Israel on Oct. 7.
- The law bars releasing Oct. 7 suspects in prisoner exchanges, and legal groups predict due-process violations and likely Supreme Court challenges that could slow the start of trials.