\u201cIt is simply a source of pride \u2014 arriving at a prison like this, a prison for terrorists, the vilest of the vile, seeing them like this,\u201d Ben Gvir said in the video, while offering no context or explanation for the depicted scenes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want one more thing: to execute them \u2014 the death penalty for terrorists,\u201d he added as he stood in a cell, gesturing towards a group of prisoners lying piled together, face down, their arms bound behind them, in a corner of the room.<\/p>\n
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\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/siG0yAD557<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05de\u05e8 \u05d1\u05df \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e8 (@itamarbengvir) February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The visit took place as a bill proposing the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners convicted of terrorism awaited a final vote in the Knesset.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThis is all part of ongoing displays meant to take revenge on Palestinian detainees,\u201d Abdallah al\u2011Zaghari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Club, told AFP on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything Ben Gvir and the far\u2011right government are doing affects not only the Palestinian people and prisoners in detention camps \u2014 it also impacts the global legal and human rights system,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The Hamas terror group on Saturday said Ben Gvir\u2019s remarks were \u201ca new war crime and a blatant challenge to international humanitarian law regarding prisoners.\u201d<\/p>\n Ben Gvir, known for his inflammatory rhetoric, is considered one of the hardest-line members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s ruling coalition.<\/p>\n The minister, who took up his position at the end of 2022, has repeatedly boasted of making conditions more difficult<\/a> for security prisoners, including reducing rations, arguing he\u00a0was \u201chere to make sure the terrorists get the bare minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n In September, the High Court of Justice ruled<\/a> that the IPS was failing to provide enough food for Palestinian detainees and ordered conditions be improved. Still, recent testimony<\/a> from released prisoners indicates conditions have not changed, with some reporting extreme hunger and abuse.<\/p>\n Previous reports compiled in 2024 from the Public Defender\u2019s Office of Israel\u2019s Justice Ministry\u00a0showed\u00a0that Palestinian security detainees held in Israeli prisons suffered from severe and systematic violence from prison guards, deprivation of food, and medical neglect, while also having been subjected to unsanitary conditions that caused and exacerbated outbreaks of disease in the prisons.<\/p>\n Independent verification of the treatment of detainees has become more difficult since the start of the war in Gaza following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack, when Israel barred prison visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a role the Geneva-based body has played in conflicts around the world for a century.<\/p>\n International rights groups have repeatedly warned of alleged abuse and mistreatment inflicted in Israeli prisons since Hamas\u2019s October 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and triggered the war. A ceasefire was reached in October 2025.<\/p>\n While the death penalty exists for a small number of crimes in Israel, the last person to be executed was the Nazi Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann, in 1962.<\/p>\n
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