Israel’s former national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir refused to apologise to freed Israeli captives who claim his comments hailing the torturing of Palestinian prisoners worsened their treatment while in captivity.
Responding to the accusations, Ben-Gvir said: “Not only do I not apologise, I’m proud of what I did,” before blaming the media for “echoing Hamas propaganda,” in an interview with Israel’s Channel 13.
The former minister, who resigned from his role due to the Gaza truce being agreed in January, also questioned if Israel should have avoided striking Gaza and discussing striking it publicly, after a freed captive said Israeli bombardment caused Hamas to beat him.
The former captive added that in one particular instance, one of his captors had beaten him after finding out an airstrike had destroyed his family home. ….more
