Death penalty bill to include Palestinians imprisoned for 7 October, Ben Gvir says

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has published an updated version of a bill to allow the death penalty for Palestinians. The proposed law would now specifically include those imprisoned for their alleged involvement in the 7 October attacks, making execution a mandatory sentence classified as "genocide under the Genocide Law." Key changes include lowering the requirement for a death sentence from a unanimous judicial decision to a simple majority. The bill also authorizes military courts in the occupied West Bank to impose executions and would not apply to Israelis who kill Palestinians under similar circumstances.