Bat Yam Municipality Sues Iran for NIS 250 Million Over Damage from Operation "Rising Lion"

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The Bat Yam municipality has filed a lawsuit for NIS 250 million against Iran over the damage caused to the city during Operation "Rising Lion." The lawsuit states that the deadly missile barrage on the city destroyed parts of it, and nine residents were killed there. The lawsuit was filed with the Jerusalem District Court.

To advance the lawsuit, Mayor Tzvika Brot traveled to New York and handed the lawsuit to an Iranian representative at Iran's mission to the UN. According to the plan, the operation was prepared over two months and included lookouts on the streets of Manhattan and an ambush near the UN headquarters. The Iranian diplomat tried to evade them on the city's streets, and they chased him. He refused to accept the lawsuit, but this did not stop the move.

The mayor noted that every shekel will return to the residents of Bat Yam. The municipality hopes to collect the compensation from Iranian funds held in Israel and from old Israeli debts to Iran. Brot detailed in an interview with 103FM where the funds are held and how he intends to reach them.