October 7 trials: How Israel is preparing for the largest terror prosecution in its history
LEGAL AFFAIRS: Israel now needs to build an entire temporary justice system around a crime that cannot be reduced to a single file, defendant, scene, or legal theory
Assessment
Israel is confronting an unprecedented legal challenge in prosecuting the October 7 attacks, requiring the construction of a temporary judicial infrastructure to handle a crime that defies conventional legal categorization. The sheer scale and complexity of the event means no single case file, defendant, or legal framework can contain it. The key question is how the justice system will balance procedural fairness with the immense logistical and evidentiary demands of such a sprawling prosecution.