Jerusalem Daily: Israeli soldier abusing cat goes viral

A video of an Israeli soldier hurling a cat over a fence goes viral online. France slams Ben-Gavir for an AI video of himself as a genie, deporting Palestinians from Gaza to France. And Israeli forces detain a US congressional candidate in the occupied West Bank. This is Jerusalem Daily with the latest news from Palestine and Israel. A video of an Israeli soldier abusing a cat by throwing it over a fence has gone viral after it was posted online. It seems to have been leaked by other soldiers on the base who were reportedly horrified by it. An Israeli journalist says the army is investigating because it, quote, is contrary to the expected conduct of its soldiers. Israeli military snipers have killed animals in Gaza before, and soldiers are rarely held to account for mistreating human beings, let alone animals. Israel has waged a genocidal war against Palestinians, killing at least 74,000 people in Gaza over the past three years. Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir has come under new criticism for posting another AI-generated video of Gaza. It depicts himself as a genie being summoned from a lamp to make Palestinian dreams come true by deporting them to France. The French Foreign Ministry responded with a public rebuke, writing, Imagine having a magic lamp and wasting your wish on Ben-Gavir. Even magic can't lift his ban from entering France. He's been banned from France since May, after he was filmed mistreating flotilla activists. Israeli forces have killed at least seven more Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health. Witnesses gathered at the scene in Gaza City and helped transport bodies and the injured to hospital. In the occupied West Bank, US congressional candidate Brad Lander was detained by Israeli forces. He was among dozens of international activists and rabbis who were accompanying Palestinian olive harvesters during a surge in settler pogroms. Occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives is not a crime under any law. again we don't know if we're being arrested but at least we're being detained you know just in a field harvesting olives the same day israeli journalist and activist Andre Ax was arrested by israeli police in Taibeh village they surrounded him seized his phone and took him away both he and lander have since been released they were trying to prevent attacks like this Israelis were filmed surrounding and pushing a boy in Masifa Yatta. Hours later, Israeli forces pepper sprayed a Palestinian in his face and tied his hands during a raid near Hebron. And finally, I'll leave you with an emotional reunion in Gaza. This was the moment a mother found her missing son after he was released from Israeli custody. We had long feared he was dead. Stay with Al Jazeera for all the latest developments.