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Detained Israeli Expands Testimony in Hamburg Trial Over Alleged Abduction of Block’s Children

The court is examining claims that a private Israeli security firm was recruited for a New Year’s Eve 2023 operation that took the children from Denmark to Germany.

Die Steakhaus-Erbin steht wegen Entführung ihrer Kinder vor dem Hamburger Landgericht.
Christina Block (M.) zwischen ihren Anwälten Ingo Bott (l.) und Paula Wlodarek.
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Overview

  • Co-defendant Tal S., 36, continues speaking in court, describing recruitment through a friend and his agreement to join what he called a rescue operation.
  • He has said a payment was promised yet claimed he participated out of compassion, with his detailed account still ongoing under translation from Hebrew.
  • Prosecutors allege the two younger children were forcibly removed from their father in Denmark on New Year’s Eve 2023/24, while Christina Block rejects that she ordered the operation.
  • Tal S. was arrested in Cyprus in late September 2024 and has been held in pretrial detention in Hamburg since November, as international warrants seek alleged organizers David Barkay and Keren Tenenbaum.
  • Block has paused answering further questions for now, her lawyer citing concern for daughter Greta’s wellbeing, and a related civil hearing with ex-husband Stephan Hensel is proceeding today in Frankfurt.