Palestinian prisoners have reportedly been placed in solitary confinement after making a cake to celebrate the potential election defeat of Israel’s national security minister.

Guards at Lavi prison discovered the makeshift cake after it was fashioned from the inmates’ daily rations to mock Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far right politician claimed.

Prison staff confiscated it from a cell, prompting officials to initiate immediate disciplinary action against all eight individuals involved, according to a report by Israeli daily Israel Hayom.

Ben-Gvir gloated over the punishment when he posted a picture of the cake to social media, ahead of Israel going to the polls in a pivotal vote on Tuesday.

Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted this image of the cake, said to have been made by Palestinian prisoners (X/@itamarbengvir)

“The terrorists in Lavi prison sat and hoarded from the little food they had,” he wrote on X.

“A spoonful of jam and another spoonful of jam, a slice of bread and another slice of…