Yohai and Shulamit, the parents of the late 15-year-old Nehemiah Aharoni, who drowned in a reservoir in the Beit Shemesh area during a school trip in June of last year, last week submitted a claim of over NIS 2.5 million to the Jerusalem District Court, alleging negligence In addition, the family is claiming punitive damages in the amount of one million shekels.
The lawsuit was filed through attorney Yaraon Festinger of the Ron-Festinger law firm. In the lawsuit, the parents allege negligence and omissions by the Ministry of Education, the Torah Talmud where Nehemiah studied, and by the municipality of Beit Shemesh, whose jurisdiction is the cistern where the boy drowned.
The difficult event happened about a year and a half ago.
15-year-old Nehemiah went on a trip on behalf of the Torah Talmud Sukkat David where he studied, in the park near Beit Shemesh.
After arriving with his friends at the collection point, he returned to get some object and since then his traces have disappeared.
After his friends noticed his absence, extensive searches began for him, rescue units and police forces were called to the area where there were several water reservoirs.
When the suspicion became stronger that he had drowned, divers were called to the scene, who at the end of the search located his body in one of the pits.
In the lawsuit, the parents claim that their son and the other students walked around the trip area without the supervision of Talmud Torah employees, who did not warn the students of the possible dangers in the area.
It is also claimed that the director of the Torah Talmud did not appoint a travel coordinator whose job it is to ensure that the provisions of the law are implemented.
Regarding the Ministry of Education, it is claimed in the lawsuit that it failed with regard to the poor functioning of the district trip committee, whose role is to supervise the trip plans and the implementation of the law and the CEO's circulars regarding safety measures and the supervision of students on trips. The municipality of Beit Shemesh, it is claimed, did not worry about removing The hazards of the water holes in the park to maintain the safety of the public.
The Ministry of Education responded: "The lawsuit has not yet been received by the Ministry. When it is received, we will respond to it in court."
The Beit Shemesh municipality said: "The municipality will respond to the lawsuit in court. We hug the family and feel their immense pain."
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