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Israel’s security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has released a video in which he is seen threatening to kill Hassan Salameh.
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Palestinian militant (1941–1979)
Ali Hassan Salameh was a Palestinian militant who was the chief of operations for the Black September Organization and founder of Force 17. He was assassinated in January 1979 as part of an assassination campaign by Mossad.
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Israeli far-right politician (born 1976)
Itamar Ben-Gvir is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the minister of national security since 2022, except for a two-month gap in early 2025. He is the leader of Otzma Yehudit, an Israeli far-right, Kahanist and anti-Arab party which won six seats in the 2022 legislative election and is part of the thirty-seventh government of Israel.
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The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas, is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation with a military wing known as the al-Qassam Brigades. It has governed the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007. In July 2026, it announced the resignation of its civilian administration under the Gaza peace plan and US President Donald Trump announced that his Board of Peace had reached an agreement to disarm Hamas.
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted footage of himself confronting imprisoned Hamas figure Hassan Salameh and threatening to execute him.
Israeli National Security Minister visits jailed Hamas terrorist who masterminded suicide bombing attacks in the 1990s, threatens to have him executed.