The family of Joshua Loitu Mollel, an agricultural intern from Tanzania, has reportedly sued the State of Israel for publishing without their permission footage of his brutal capture and murder on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists.

The bodycam footage from terrorists was uploaded on December 17 of that year by a Telegram account whose owner’s identity is unknown, and posted shortly afterward by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on X — before it was seen by the family — according to the lawsuit.

The family is claiming NIS 270,000 ($84,000) in damages and is being represented by Justice Ministry legal aid lawyers Galit Lobitsky and Michal Pomerantz, the Haaretz news outlet reported Tuesday. The report did not cite a date for a court hearing on the matter.

In one clip, Mollel, who appeared bloodied but on his feet, was seen being manhandled by a gang of armed terrorists who were shouting at him as he was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Another clip, apparently from later the same day, showed gunmen repeatedly firing at his prone body.

His remains were taken to Gaza and returned last month as part of a ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas.

According to the report, state officials notified Mollel’s father, Loitu, in a Zoom call on December 13, 2023,........

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