Overview
- The 35‑year‑old Israeli, testifying Monday in Hamburg, admitted he was a driver and said he joined after being told the children were abused and that German authorities knew of a legal, non‑violent “return.”
- He described planning in Israel and a meeting at Hamburg’s Grand Elysée where participants were told to wear masks, saying Christina Block asked to have her children brought to her, a meeting Block’s defense disputes occurred.
- He outlined travel to Denmark and then to a farm in Baden‑Württemberg where Block later appeared, adding the plan went off script near the border and led to a change in vehicles and routes.
- He recalled the children screaming in fear and expressed regret, and he said he was promised €10,000 for his role but later received about €5,000.
- Several Israeli participants testified or plan to under safe conduct and still risk charges later, one co‑accused has been jailed since a September 2024 arrest in Cyprus, and the trial resumes Tuesday as judges weigh clashing accounts and prior orders that returned the children to their father in January 2024.