Compensation

After a $655M PLO verdict, Oct. 7 victims go after Hamas's money - interview

Gideon Fisher tells the 'Post' about the emerging legal strategy of targeting terrorist financing in civil litigation, offering victims of the October 7 massacre a potential path for compensation.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli soldiers guard near stickers of victims killed in the October 7 massacre and ongoing Iron Swords War at the Bental water reservoir near Kibbutz Merom Golan, in the Golan Heights, October 7, 2025.
Destroyed building in central Israel following Iranian missile strikes on February 28, 2026.

Nearly 30,000 property damage claims filed since start of Operation Roaring Lion

According to the Tax Authority, 65 compensation fund teams are currently operating across the country to assist civilians whose homes and property have been damaged in the war.

|ByTZVI JASPER
El Al plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, March 5, 2026.

El Al demands changes to passenger compensation law

According to the company's estimates, on days when there was no commercial flight activity at all, the direct damage was about $5 million per day.

|BySTAV LIVNE/GLOBES/TNS
download high resolution download low resolution add to lightbox file name: F260324CG812 File Size: 2377 KB caption (en): Israeli srcurity and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage in Bnei Brak, central Israel, March 24, 2026.

Israel sees over 12,000 compensation claims filed as Iran war rages on

Government teams have been on the ground since the start of the war to provide assistance to citizens whose homes and property have been damaged.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Finance Ministry comes under attack at committee meeting

Eshkol Regional Council head Gadi Yarkoni spoke strongly against the government's response to the situation, especially that of the Finance Ministry.

OCTOBER 23, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with bereaved families at the Israeli Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

An ex-Marine reported company defrauding millions from tax payers, receives $40 million settlement

Ex-US Marine Sarah Feinberg outed a defense firm using funds from its $6.5 billion worth of government contracts to make up for company shortfalls.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., January 19, 2018