The family of Yonatan Samerano, 21, who was murdered during the October 7th , 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel  has filed a lawsuit in the Jerusalem District Court against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), alleging the agency played a role in his abduction and death.

The lawsuit, submitted by attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, the president of Shurat HaDin, the Israel Law Center, on behalf of Samerano’s estate and immediate family, seeks NIS 25 million in punitive damages under Israel’s Compensation for Victims of Terrorism Law. It names UNRWA, a UNRWA employee alleged to have taken part in the attack, and several current and former senior UNRWA officials as defendants.

KAN's  Mark Weiss spoke with attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner about the lawsuit.

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Right -wing members of the coalition think Israel should leave the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Foreign Ministry announced that it opposes Israel's withdrawal from the organization, aligning itself with the Ministry of Health, the Israel Medical Association and senior figures in the health system who have protested the planned move.

"There is a public interest in Israel remaining part of the organization, and it concerns public health and information sharing," said Nina Ben Ami, Deputy Director General for the UN and International Organizations at the Foreign Ministry, during a discussion held at the Knesset Health Committee.

Also participating in the health committee discussion was Professor Haggai Levine, Chair of the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, who spoke to KAN's Mark Weiss.

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PM agrees to join Gaza Board of Peace. Trump: "We think we know where Ran Gvili's body is". US and Iran step up rhetoric.

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The deadline for public appeals on the draft of the new Dead Sea concession law passed this week in the Knesset. A coalition of environmental organizations, including the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and Adam Teva V'Din, which submitted comments on the draft law, claims that the law focuses on the economic exploitation of the Dead Sea while ignoring the severe environmental crisis.Prof. Alon Tal of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Public Policy and former member of the Knesset from Blue and White, told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that there was a historic opportunity to rehabilitate the area, but warned capitalism will prevail and the Dead Sea will suffer. (photo: Issac Harari/flash90)

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Israel demolishes UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem. Ultra-Orthodox protest as Supreme Court set to hear appeal against planned autopsies of two infants who died in unlicensed Jerusalem daycare. Shin Bet warned Tiberias mayor Iranian agents could try to lure city residents for espionage activity

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Dr. Elisheva Machlis, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University and a member of Forum Dvorah, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal about the recent unrest in Iran and what may lie ahead. 

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The Knesset Constitution Committee has begun deliberations on advancing government-backed legislation to establish a politically-appointed commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack. Opposition lawmakers boycotted the session and bereaved families demonstrated outside the Knesset, calling instead for a state commission of inquiry. Dr. Dana Blander, Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal about the developments.

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Menashe Amir, an Iranian expert, said that the Iranian regime will not be able to deal with the core reasons for the uprising in Iran and external help was needed for a regime change. Speaking to reporter Arieh O’Sullivan, Amir said Iranians were disappointed with the United States and with Israel for not helping topple the Islamist Shiite regime. (photo: AP)

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