PCHR had filed a lawsuit before the Israeli Magistrate Court on behalf of the family of Na'im Hassan al-Madhoun, 22, who was killed by an Israeli settler killed near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing while he was going back to Gaza after finishing his work in Israel on 8 March 1993.

After years of pursuit of the case by PCHR, the Magistrate Court decided to accept the lawsuit filed by PCHR in 6 May 2009. The Court also held Israel completely responsible for the killing of al-Madhoun. Following the appeal filed by the Israeli prosecution, the Central Court issued a decision rejecting the appeal on 1 April 2010, due to which, thus upholding the decision taken by the Magistrate Court in favor PCHR and its client.

During their visit to PCHR to receive the cheque, the family of al-Madhoun thanked and appreciated the efforts made by PCHR lawyers over the past 17 years to ensure reparation for them and to hold Israel responsible for crimes committed by Israeli settlers. Al-Madhoun was married and his wife gave birth to their first daughter, who is 17 years old now, few weeks after his death. 

This is not the first time that PCHR's continued efforts to prosecute war criminals before Israeli courts prove successful. Although there are much evidence that Israeli courts are collusive when reviewing cases filed by Palestinian victims, a few cases, out of thousands of cases that were filed by PCHR, were successful. On 2 February 2009, PCHR managed to compel Israel to pay 200,000 NIS to the family of Sayed Abu Safra who was willfully shot dead by an Israeli soldiers on 28 November 2003. In March 2006, PCHR managed to compel Israel to pay 450,000 NIS to the family of Mahmoud Hussein al-Talalqa, who was willfully killed by an Israeli soldier on 1 March 2003. The child was lured by an Israeli soldier while he was playing with his peers. The soldier then fired at him. PCHR also managed to compel Israel to pay compensations to Palestinian fishermen who sustained damages due to Israeli attacks against them. For instances, on 18 January 2002, Israeli occupation forces caused a boat belonging to two Palestinian fishermen to sink. PCHR filed a case and managed to compel Israel to pay 45,000 NIS to the two fishermen.

PCHR will continue its persistent efforts to prosecute Israeli war criminals before Israeli courts and national courts in other countries, be based on universal jurisdiction, in order to ensure bringing suspected war criminals to justice and ensure reparation for thousands of Palestinian victims of crimes committed by Israeli soldiers.