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Freed hostage Maxim Herkin says Hamas tortured him as message to Ben-Gvir

Freed hostage Maxim Herkin says he was beaten due to National Security Minister Ben-Gvir and filmed as a message to him; Ben-Gvir denies prior reports of seeing abuse videos, calling them Hamas propaganda, and says he won't be deterred

ynet | 10.31.25

Defense Minister Katz bans Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners, citing security threat

Israel Katz bans Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners, including Hamas terrorists from October 7, citing Shin Bet warnings they pose a national security risk

Elisha Ben Kimon, Itamar Eichner | 10.29.25

Former hostage’s brother blames Ben-Gvir for torture in captivity: 'You’ll burn in hell for what you did'

Freed hostages Bar Kuperstein and Segev Kalfon described brutal beatings in Hamas captivity, saying their captors tied and assaulted them while shouting that it was 'because of Ben-Gvir' and his policies toward Palestinian prisoners

Alexandra Lukash | 10.27.25

המפגש של בר קופרשטיין והמנהיג הליטאי, הרב משה הלל הירש

'Terrorists tied our legs, beat us with a stick and said, 'this is because of Ben-Gvir''

Former hostage Bar Kupershtein says terrorists brutally beat him and other hostages after seeing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the media, telling them the assaults were revenge for his treatment of Palestinian prisoners

ynet | 10.26.25

Netanyahu ignored Shin Bet warnings that Ben-Gvir’s remarks led Hamas to abuse of hostages

According to multiple accounts from released hostages, Hamas members explicitly linked their mistreatment to Ben-Gvir’s public boasts about worsening conditions for Palestinian security prisoners held in Israel

Nadav Eyal | 10.21.25

Ben Gvir sets ultimatum: 3 weeks to pass death penalty law for terrorists or will boycott government votes

Minister of National Security attacked prime minister for delay in the death penalty law for terrorists and gave him three weeks for the law to be brought to a vote or Otzma Yehudit will not be committed to the coalition; At the same time, he called for the renewal of fighting in Gaza: 'To occupy and crush'

Moran Azulay | 10.20.25

איתמר בן גביר בצלאל סמוטריץ' בנימין נתניהו

Far-right ministers welcome hostage deal but weigh quitting government

Most Cabinet members back ceasefire and hostage release agreement, but Religious Zionist and Otzma Yehudit parties ministers vow to vote no over release of convicted terrorists

Moran Azulay | 10.09.25

Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount, again violating status quo

Contrary to procedure and in the midst of negotiations in Egypt, the minister announced that he was going to 'pray for victory in the war, the destruction of Hamas and the return of the hostages'; The Prime Minister's Office has been forced to disavow the minister, who claimed that 'the political echelon permits Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount'

Shilo Freid | 10.08.25

Land for hostages? Trump’s Gaza plan redraws the map and revives far-right settlement dream

Proposed 'yellow line' map outlines deeper Israeli buffer zone, possibly as leverage for Hamas to demand concessions in exchange for hostage releases; most Gazan cities would revert to Hamas if talks collapse, while Israel’s right hails settlement hopes

Yoav Zitun | 10.05.25

Israel reacts to Greta’s abuse claims; Ben-Gvir fires back: ‘Anyone who supports terrorism is a terrorist’

Foreign Ministry says claims of humiliating treatment and harsh detention conditions for Gaza flotilla activists are 'brazen lies'; the Swedish climate activist appeared before a judge and said that she wanted to return home, but did not complain about the treatment she received; Ben-Gvir boasted at Ketziot prison: 'They deserve prison conditions'

Itamar Eichner | 10.05.25

Ben-Gvir threatens government exit, Smotrich attacks Netanyahu over Gaza deal: 'Grave mistake'

After being excluded from overnight talks on Hamas’s response and the Gaza pause demanded by Trump, Netanyahu summoned Smotrich and Ben-Gvir; Smotrich called talks without fire a 'grave mistake'; Ben-Gvir warned his party won’t stay if Hamas survives

Moran Azulay | 10.04.25

שוהים בלתי חוקיים עוברים את חומת ההפרדה בקו התפר במזרח לכיש סמוך לישוב אליאב

Ben-Gvir greenlights first specialized prison for illegal immigrants

Israel begins building first prison for undocumented migrants after policy shift reclassifies them as security detainees; move follows rise in arrests and deadly attack by illegal entrants, with new facilities planned in Negev and central Israel

Liran Tamari | 09.30.25

Netanyahu back from Washington as hardliners await answers on Trump Gaza plan

Far-right allies voice sharp concerns over Gaza plan, warning they may quit the coalition; beyond hostage release, the deal raises doubts over Israel’s freedom to act against terror in Gaza and the security arrangements that would follow

Amir Ettinger | 09.30.25

Ben-Gvir’s death penalty push: A reckless gift to terrorists and extremists

Opinion: Death penalty for terrorists may satisfy calls for revenge, but it risks endangering hostages, fueling extremism, undermining Israel’s democracy, and handing its enemies the martyrdom they crave instead of real security

Liran Friedmann | 09.30.25

Knesset debates death penalty for terrorists; Ben-Gvir: Netanyahu allies urged delay, I refused

Israel retains the death penalty in law but has carried out only one execution, of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962; proposal backed by Ben-Gvir would make the punishment mandatory for terrorists, a move critics warn could endanger hostages

Amir Ettinger | 09.28.25

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