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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen berating Hassan Salamah, a Hamas terrorist jailed for orchestrating a pair of 1996 Jerusalem bus explosions that killed 45 people, in a video posted to social media on September 27, 2026. (Screenshots/Itamar Ben Gvir via X)
September 28, 2026, 6:59 am
‘I want to kill you’: Ben Gvir films himself berating terrorist behind deadly 1996 bus bombings
Police minister boasts of making Hamas member Hassan Salamah’s life ‘hell,’ amid a series of videos of him bragging about worsening conditions for Palestinian security inmates
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
This photo provided by the family shows Robert Gilman in Lilburn, Georgia, in 2019. (Gilman family via AP)
August 11, 2026, 10:38 pm
Russia frees former US marine jailed for more than 4 years
Robert Gilman heads to US military hospital in Texas after release on humanitarian grounds; family says he is gravely ill due to abuse in Russian prison
By Ben Finley and Matthew Lee
Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla disembark a plane upon arriving at Istanbul Airport, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
May 22, 2026, 11:51 pm
Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege Israeli abuse including rape; Israel denies claims
Italian and German officials say they are probing allegations made by their citizens, including kidnapping and sexual assault, as EU members discuss imposing sanctions on Ben Gvir
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Hamas terror suspects, caught during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war in Gaza, crouch on the ground in the courtyard of a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 29, 2025, 10:28 am
Scabies outbreak plagues prisons as number of security inmates hits new high
Reports of abuse, overcrowding, disease and malnutrition have multiplied since Oct. 7, with some saying it violates both the law and human dignity
By Nurit Yohanan
Illustrative: The Ketziot Detention Camp in the Negev desert on September 13, 2022. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
December 21, 2023, 1:14 pm
Police question 19 guards in connection with fatal beating of Palestinian prisoner
Investigators probe ‘violent incident’ at Ketziot Prison last month; Palestinian ex-prisoners say they are witnesses; Ben Gvir says guards have ‘presumption of innocence’
By ToI Staff
'Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison,' by Daniel Genis, pictured at right in weightlifting gear, in an undated photo taken during his prison time. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2022, 3:54 am
A first ‘real’ Hanukkah helped an inmate find light during a decade behind bars
In his memoir ‘Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison,’ Daniel Genis tells how voracious reading and finding his Jewish identity saved his life in more ways than one
By Rich Tenorio
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, left, interacts with his attorney Mark Werksman in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, October 4, 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP)
October 12, 2022, 6:12 pm
Weinstein’s cell conditions ‘almost medieval,’ attorney says
In court, the former movie mogul appears pale and frail, looking nothing like the bearish man who once lorded over the Oscars
By ANDREW DALTON
Illustrative: Former Prime Minister's Office manager Nir Hefetz, (center) and Israeli media tycoon Shaul Elovitch (left back) and Eli Kamir (right back) seen at the courtroom for the extension of their remand in Case 4000, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, February 26, 2018. (Flash90)
January 9, 2022, 3:03 pm
High-profile cases shine harsh light on Israel’s draconian interrogation tactics
As they dominate headlines, former Netanyahu aide Nir Hefetz and businessman Moshe Hogeg allege their testimonies were extracted cruelly; rights activists say that’s nothing new
By Chen Shalita
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