Ben Gvir orders meat ban for Palestinians detained over 7 October attacks
Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has instructed prison services not to provide meat to Palestinian prisoners detained over alleged involvement in the 7 October attacks, according to a report in Ynet.
The detainees currently receive three meals a day, and receive one meat based meal four days a week, the report stated. That includes hot dogs, turkey breast or chicken schnitzel, it added.
"Our hostages in Gaza are suffering from hunger. We heard testimonies of half a pita, and here the [7 October] prisoners receive hearty meals. From my perspective, they can receive the minimum that we are obligated to give them," Ben Gvir said.
A statement from the far-right minister's office claimed that the conduct of outgoing Israeli prison service commissioner Katy Perry "crossed every possible line".
"Even before the war, the prison service commissioner ignored the minister's instructions to make the conditions more severe and end the security prisoners' summer camp," it said.