Jailed terrorists

UN torture report flags Israel for allegedly mistreating journalists, detainees, ex-MAG

The UN warned Israel over alleged abuses against rights defenders and detainees, calling for stronger legal protections and impartial investigations.

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An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.
Terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force being held at Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Israel to establish special tribunal to prosecute Hamas Nukhba terrorists for Oct. 7 massacre - KAN

An oversight committee will also be formed to discuss the policy of the terrorist trials, but will be prohibited from discussing specific cases.

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Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a former head of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions who served around 40 years of a life sentence for attacks on U.S. and Israeli diplomats in France, gestures outside Beirut International Airport after a French court ruled in favor of releasing him, in Beirut, Leban

Paris university event praises terrorists, October 7 massacre

"We are partners in the struggle and partners in the struggle against imperialism, Zionism, and fascism," said Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine official Mariam Abu Daqqa at the event.

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Hamas Nukhba Battalion terrorists who were captured on October 7th massacre seen in a jail cell at a prison in central Israel, where high risk Hamas and Hezbollah prisoners captured in recent war are being held, March 4, 2025.

What trials and punishments await Hamas's Nukhba terrorists in Israeli prisons? - analysis

The question of what should happen to the terrorists who committed the October 7 massacre remains at large. Now, after the release of the final living hostages, it will finally begin to be answered.

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Civilians pay the price for prisoner swaps, says terror victims advocate

Meir Indor, CEO of the Almagor Terror Victims Association, speaks about his opposition to prisoner swaps in exchange for Israeli hostages, as well as the death penalty for terrorists.

JULY 19, 2015ByMICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN
Khader Adnan, a terrorist and Islamic Jihad leader, who was released from Israeli prison on July 12, 2015

Netanyahu buries death penalty bill despite likely majority in ministerial committee

Government to form committee to review the topic; Yisrael Beytenu MK says PM’s move shows he is not really right-wing.

JULY 12, 2015ByLAHAV HARKOV
A right-wing protest in Jerusalem (file)

Death penalty for terrorists gains popularity in coalition and on social media

The current law gives judges an option of sentencing a terrorist to death, but only if there is a consensus between all the judges presiding over a case.

JULY 9, 2015ByLAHAV HARKOV
Sharon Gal.