Israeli lawmakers to vote on death penalty for Palestinian prisoners

The Israeli Knesset's National Security Committee is meeting to vote on a proposed law imposing the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners, local media have reported.

On Friday, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video of himself standing over a row of Palestinian prisoners lying prone with their hands tied, in which he calls for the “death penalty for terrorists”.

In footage shared on his personal Telegram channel, Ben Gvir speaks to the camera while pointing at a dozen detainees face down in front of an Israeli flag.

“These guys, the Nukhba who came to kill children, women, our babies. Look at them today,” the far-right minister says, referring to the special forces unit of Hamas's military wing.

“But there's still something that must be done: death penalty for the terrorists.”