Gaza Herald – Israeli prison authorities had prepared a comprehensive plan to carry out executions of Palestinian detainees following the Knesset’s initial approval of a controversial death penalty bill, according to Israeli media reports.
Channel 13 reported that the plan included establishing a designated execution site, drafting detailed operational protocols, and training selected prisoners to carry out the executions. The plan reportedly drew on models used in several East Asian countries that employ similar mechanisms.
Under the proposal, Israeli security authorities designated a separate facility dubbed the “Israeli Green Mile,” where executions were to be carried out by hanging. The plan stipulated that three inmate volunteers would perform the execution simultaneously, with sentences implemented within 90 days of a final court ruling.
Sources within the Israeli Prison Service said the policy was intended to begin with Palestinian prisoners convicted in connection with the October 7, before expanding to include detainees accused of what Israel labels “violent attacks” against Israelis in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian factions condemned the move as a grave escalation, warning it amounted to legalizing extrajudicial killing inside prisons and represented a blatant violation of international humanitarian law, transforming detention facilities into sites of systematic execution rather than incarceration.
