The amended indictment, filed by Adv. Amit Ginat from the Southern District Attorney’s Office, in which Abu Madi’am confessed, states that during August 2024, about ten days after Abu Madi’am and the deceased were married, an argument broke out between the two over the deceased’s desire to continue her driving lessons. Following the argument, the deceased told Abu Madi’am that she intended to return to her parents’ home and get a divorce. In response, Abu Madi’am went to the kitchen, took a knife, returned to the bedroom where the deceased was, and stabbed her 32 times, while she tried to escape and begged for her life. Immediately after the incident, Abu Madi’am called the police and confessed to his actions.
As part of the plea agreement reached by the parties, they requested that Abu Madi’am be sentenced to 30 years in actual imprisonment, leaving the conditional imprisonment and compensation components to the court’s discretion.
As part of the sentencing arguments, Adv. Ginat requested that the defendant be ordered to pay compensation of NIS 258,000 to the parents of the deceased.
The judges of the Beersheba District Court, Vice President Yoel Edan and Judges Yuval Livadro and Rachel Toran, accepted the plea agreement and sentenced the defendant to 30 years in actual imprisonment, noting that this punishment is at the upper end of the sentencing range.
Regarding compensation to the parents of the deceased, the judges ordered Abu Madi’am to pay NIS 258,000 in compensation, stating: “This is a disaster which, it must be said, is the most severe that can befall the parents of the deceased… the pain of parents whose daughter was taken from them in a horrific murder.”
The judges further noted that the compensation awarded in the criminal proceedings is only initial compensation and does not reflect the full pain, damage, and suffering caused and continuing to be caused to the victims of the offense.
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