Overview

• The proposal from Otzma Yehudit would mandate capital punishment for terrorists convicted of racially or communally motivated murder intended to harm the State of Israel.
• Itamar Ben-Gvir said he rejected requests from associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay the discussion.
• Hostages and Missing Persons Coordinator Gal Hirsch opposed the timing, saying 48 hostages remain, including 20 alive and two in critical danger.
• MK Gilad Kariv was removed from the meeting after charging that the debate was a political stunt that disregarded the hostages.
• Representatives of the Justice Ministry, the Shin Bet, and the IDF took part in the National Security Committee session.