Ben Gvir proposes establishing a detention facility surrounded by crocodiles for Palestinian prisoners

The Hebrew Channel 13 reported on Sunday that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir proposed establishing a "detention facility surrounded by crocodiles" to detain Palestinian prisoners in it.

The channel added: "In the Israeli Prison Service, they are studying an unusual proposal presented by the National Security Minister, which calls for establishing a detention facility for security prisoners surrounded by crocodiles, in order to prevent escape attempts."

It indicated that the proposed location is near the Haimat Gader area in northern Israel.

According to the channel, Ben Gvir, head of the "Jewish Power" party, presented his proposal during an assessment session he held with Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakovi last week.

The proposed area is located near the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the border with Jordan, and contains a crocodile farm and a zoo.

This comes at a time when the Knesset (Israeli parliament) intends to vote in the coming days in the second and third readings on a bill proposed by Ben Gvir to execute Palestinian prisoners accused by Israel of planning or participating in attacks against it.

On November 11 last year, the Knesset plenum approved the bill in the first reading, and it must be voted on in the second and third readings to become an enforceable law.

On December 8 this year, Israeli data reported the death of 110 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons since Ben Gvir assumed his duties as National Security Minister at the end of 2022.

Israel holds more than 9,300 Palestinian prisoners, including children and women, who suffer from torture, starvation, and medical neglect, which has led to the death of many of them, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights reports.

Israel's crimes against Palestinian prisoners have escalated alongside a genocide war it waged on the Gaza Strip for two years since October 2023, resulting in the killing of about 71,000 Palestinians and injuring more than 171,000.