Tel Aviv, Aug. 16 -- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has vowed to do everything in his power to ensure Palestinian prisoners are executed, saying he hopes they will be hanged "one by one".

Speaking to former Israeli captive Rom Braslavski, Ben-Gvir said hanging would be the method of execution under the death-penalty legislation he has been promoting, Al Jazeera reported.

"I will do the impossible when the time comes," Ben-Gvir said. "I promise you that I will do everything in my power and turn the world upside down to make this happen."Ben-Gvir also said he was "happy" that Palestinian prisoners were facing harsher conditions in Israeli prisons.

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