{
  "id": 1960784,
  "title": "Israel’s Ben Gvir boasts of planned execution facility for Palestinian prisoners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/israels-ben-gvir-boasts-of-planned-execution-facility-for-palestinian-1960784",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T15:32:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-ben-gvir-boasts-planned-execution-facility-palestinian-prisoners"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of Israel declared on Tuesday his intentions to build a facility for the execution of Palestinian prisoners. \"In this place, the terrorists will be executed,\" Ben Gvir proclaimed in an Instagram video viewed by his 150,000 followers. The video demonstrates Ben Gvir pointing at a construction site and outlining the facility's features, which include \"viewing chambers where crime victims will be able to come and watch\" Palestinians being hanged. The minister emphasized that they are \"fulfilling what we promised.\"",
  "summary": "Israel’s Ben Gvir boasts of planned execution facility for Palestinian prisoners Israel ’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir boasted on Tuesday about the construction of a facility intended for the execution of Palestinian prisoners. “In this place, the terrorists will be executed,” Ben Gvir said in a video posted on Instagram, where he has around 150,000 followers. In the video, Ben…",
  "key_points": [
    "National Security Minister Ben Gvir plans to build an execution facility for Palestinian prisoners.",
    "Facility will feature viewing chambers for crime victims to watch Palestinians being hanged.",
    "Minister claims they are fulfilling a promised commitment."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Israel’s Ben Gvir boasts of planned execution facility for Palestinian prisoners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/israels-ben-gvir-boasts-of-planned-execution-facility-for-palestinian",
        "published": "2026-08-19T14:12:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Israel numbers Palestinian detainee foreheads: What we know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/israel-numbers-palestinian-detainee-foreheads-what-we-know",
        "published": "2026-08-19T14:48:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}