Far-right 'Israeli' National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir documenting his confrontation with detained Al-Qassam Brigades leader Hassan Salameh inside his cell.
Ben-Gvir threatens to execute Palestinian detainee
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- Ben-Gvir posted video confronting handcuffed prisoner Hassan Salameh inside his cell, explicitly declaring: "I want to execute you".
- He vowed to mandate prisoner executions and promote "voluntary migration" of Palestinians if appointed defense minister.
- Salameh, serving multiple life sentences since 1996, remains in solitary confinement amid human rights warnings over mounting abuses.
Far-right 'Israeli' National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked severe outrage across Palestinian human rights organizations on Monday after sharing video footage documenting his confrontation with detained Al-Qassam Brigades leader Hassan Salameh inside his cell, during which the minister explicitly threatened to take his life.
The video, uploaded to Ben-Gvir’s official X account, shows the minister standing over the hand-cuffed Palestinian detainee in solitary confinement, addressing him with direct threats.
"I want to kill you... I want to execute you," Ben-Gvir explicitly told Salameh during the recorded encounter.
During the video recording, the right-wing minister affirmed his ongoing policy of tightening prison restrictions, explicitly stating his aim to transform the daily lives of Palestinian detainees into a "continuous hell" inside state facilities.
Ben-Gvir expressed ambitions to secure the defense minister portfolio in the future to aggressively push for legalizing the execution of Palestinian prisoners and advancing forced relocation plans for residents across the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The confrontation targeted Hassan Salameh, one of the most prominent figures within the Palestinian prisoner movement.
Salameh has been imprisoned for three decades and remains held in solitary isolation.
Human rights monitoring bodies and Palestinian factions issued immediate warnings following the publication of the video, stressing that such public threats by a senior cabinet official further escalate severe risks facing Palestinian detainees across the penal system.
