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- Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened Palestinian prisoner Hassan Salameh with death.
- Salameh was convicted for the 1996 Line 18 bombings that killed 45 and received 46 life terms.
- The Knesset approved the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law in March 2026 by a 62-48 vote.
- The law makes hanging the default sentence for West Bank residents convicted of intentional killing.
- The law cannot apply retroactively to Salameh’s 1996 offenses.