TEL AVIV, Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) – Hardline Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails by shooting them in the head.

In a video statement, Ben-Gvir insisted that Palestinian prisoners should be killed with a ‘shot to the head’. He urged the passing of the bill in the Israeli Knesset for executing prisoners, promising to provide minimal food to keep them alive until the law is enacted.

The Israeli Knesset's General Assembly approved the preliminary reading of the bill in early March 2023, which imposes the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners.

The proposed law, requiring two more readings in the Knesset to become effective, mandates courts to impose the death penalty on those "committing a murder offense motivated by racism and intending to harm the State of Israel."

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