Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ordered the country’s prison service to re-open a defunct underground prison wing to house arrested what Israel claims are members of Hamas’s armed branch, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Israeli media reported on Friday, 8 December. According to the country’s Prison Service Commissioner Katy Perry, Israel is holding what it claims are “118 Al-Qassam fighters” who were captured during the Hamas-led surprise attack on 7 October, which killed around 1,200 Israeli civilians and military personnel. Israel has since killed over 17,100 people, mainly women …