The Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee chairman, MK Simcha Rothman, said on Wednesday that work had begun on the planned court complex in Atarot, where hundreds of terrorists suspected of taking part in the October 7 massacre are expected to stand trial in a proceeding expected to pose extraordinary legal, logistical, and security challenges.
Rothman, who co-sponsored the law with Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Malinovsky, toured the designated site in the Atarot industrial zone in northern Jerusalem, where he said that preparations had begun for the court complex.
Rothman said the tour was joined by Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yair Barkat, who was appointed by the IDF chief of staff as project manager for implementing the law, as well as representatives from the IDF Planning Directorate, the Israel Prison Service, and Central Command, who are handling the security and logistical challenges of transporting and trying high-risk defendants.
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