Lawyer Shai Nitzan, representing the state, said Gazal is an operative for the armed wing of Hamas, Izzadin Kassam, and has information about attacks Hamas planned. As a result, he said, the Shin Bet was within its rights to use moderate physical force on prisoners like him, to prevent such attacks.

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