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Key Witness Testifies That Block Knew of and Supported 2023 Retrieval of Her Children

The May 20 in-court account gives prosecutors fresh operational detail that could tie Christina Block to the Israeli team that took her children on New Year's Eve 2023/24.

Overview

  • Keren T. testified on May 20 that she worked with an Israeli security team that used online research and two cameras to observe the children and that Christina Block briefly met the group in late December, handed over familiar items and thanked the team.
  • Prosecutors say the team took the then‑10‑year‑old boy and 13‑year‑old girl from their father in Denmark on New Year's Eve 2023/24, moved them to a farm in Baden‑Württemberg and later handed them to Block in Germany.
  • Block is charged with commissioning the Israeli firm for the retrieval; she has long argued the company was hired only for cybersecurity work and then acted on its own.
  • Keren T. was previously interviewed by Hamburg prosecutors in January 2026 and was granted safe‑conduct to travel to Germany; she remains a witness and possible suspect with a separate procedure pending.
  • The testimony deepens the trial's focus on who ordered and planned the cross‑border operation, and questioning of Keren T. will continue in the coming days as the court weighs how her account fits other evidence and statements.