Overview
- Israeli media report the prison service is preparing a secluded compound dubbed the “Israeli Green Mile” for executions by hanging.
- Procedures cited include three officers triggering the mechanism simultaneously, with specialist teams made up only of trained volunteers.
- Executions would reportedly occur within 90 days of a final court ruling if the legislation is enacted.
- Initial application is said to target Hamas Nukhba members tied to the 7 October attacks, with possible later extension to severe West Bank cases, and it would not apply to Jewish Israelis in similar cases.
- A delegation is expected to visit an East Asian country to study capital punishment practices, while the bill still requires two Knesset readings and has been condemned by UN experts, Palestinian rights groups, and Hamas.