"Savage violence": Supreme Court toughens sentences of father and son who attacked attorney

The Supreme Court toughened the sentences of a father and son convicted of a violent attack on attorney Ronen Ben Zvi in Jaffa. The son, who was a minor at the time of the attack, had his sentence increased from four years to six years and eight months, and the father's sentence was increased from two years to three years in prison. Ben Zvi suffered severe brain damage and no longer recognizes his loved ones.

The Supreme Court accepted the prosecution's position and toughened the sentences of a father and son convicted of a violent attack on attorney Ronen Ben Zvi in Jaffa. The son, who was a minor at the time of the attack, had his sentence increased from four years to six years and eight months. The father's sentence was increased from two years to three years in prison. The attack took place in July 2025, when Ben Zvi arrived at a building in Jaffa as part of his work to evacuate an apartment. The son attacked him with punches and kicks to the head, even after he fell to the ground. Ben Zvi suffered severe and permanent brain damage, lost his physical and cognitive independence, and no longer recognizes his loved ones. Justice Noam Sohlberg determined that "he will not return to being the person he was" and emphasized the need to raise the level of punishment for severe violent offenses among minors, against the background of "the alarming rise in their scope and severity." The court rejected the two's appeal.