The family of Elhanan Tannenbaum received $53,000 in payments from the Defense Ministry. Israel’s daily Yediot Achronot revealed the payments to Tannenbaum’s ex-wife and two children Monday as a court lifted a gag order on the case of the Israeli reserve officer who spent three years in captivity in Lebanon after being kidnapped by Hezbollah on an illicit business trip to Abu Dhabi.
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