In a move drawing international condemnation, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has promoted the commander of an undercover Border Police unit implicated in the fatal shooting of two unarmed Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank. The incident, captured on video in Jenin’s Abu Dhahir neighborhood, shows Al-Muntasir Abdullah, 26, and Yousef Asasa, 37, emerging from a building with raised arms and lifted shirts—clear gestures of surrender—before being executed at point-blank range. Despite the Israeli military and police jointly admitting to the shootings and launching an investigation, Ben Gvir advanced the commander to the rank of colonel days later. A police source claimed the promotion was pre-approved two weeks prior by senior command, requiring Ben Gvir’s endorsement. The United Nations rights office denounced the killings as “summary executions,” while Ben Gvir visited the unit’s base to “embrace the heroic fighters” and vowed to halt investigations into Palestinians he labels “terrorists.” This occurs amid a UN Committee Against Torture report condemning Israel’s “organized and widespread” use of torture, exacerbated since the Gaza war began on October 7, 2023. Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank in two years, with military investigations rarely leading to prosecutions.