In First, Israel Files $2.3 Million Lawsuit Against Palestinian Terrorist's Widow and Children

"The District Prosecutor's Office in Jerusalem has filed a precedent-setting civil lawsuit against the widow and young children of a Palestinian terrorist for the financial damages incurred by the state following an attack in the city last January.

This is the first in a number of suits expected to be filed against terrorists' families. The prosecutor's office confirmed that a suit has also been filed against the family of another terrorist, and that additional suits are being considered.

The first of the suits was filed nearly two weeks ago against the estate of Fadi al-Qanbar, 28, who killed four soldiers in a truck-ramming attack in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on January 8.

Also named as defendants in the suit are Qanbar's widow, Tahani, and his children, who are aged 1 to 8.

The state is seeking to have Qanbar's widow pay the state an estimated 2 million shekels ($572,000) in compensation for each soldier he killed, including the cost of the soldiers' headstones and reimbursement of benefits the state pays the soldiers' families.

The soldiers died after Qanbar set out by truck from his home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal Mukkaber and deliberately drove his truck into a group of soldiers from a cadets' course who were just embarking on a tour of the Armon Hanatziv promenade. In addition, 13 soldiers were also wounded, three of them seriously. Qanbar himself was killed when soldiers and civilians at the scene responded by opening fire..."