Israel passes law to allow death penalty and public trials for those linked to October 7

“Look, this law is cruel, it’s a law that tries to take away the hope that you’re living on,” Hisham al-Wahad, the brother of missing journalist Haitham al-Wahad, told the BBC. “We as families of prisoners and families of the missing are calling on states and public opinion – international, Arab and Islamic – to take action to stop such a law and such a matter.”