Published: June 4, 2026 ⢠10:08 PM IST · Updated: June 5, 2026 ⢠7:22 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Israelās Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a government policy banning representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.
The court ruled on Wednesday that by preventing the Red Cross from visiting prisoners, the government had contravened Israeli and international law, and therefore the policy must be repealed.
It also ruled that the government failed to present a legal foundation for its policy on annulling all visits after the Hamas-led attack on October 2023, in which more than 1,100 people were killed and more than 240 were taken captive.
The assault triggered a brutal war in Gaza, which has been defined as a genocide by several prominent scholars and an independent United Nations inquiry.
The Israeli army killed more than 72,950 people in the enclave, according to Gazaās Health Ministry, and reduced most of the besieged territory to rubble, and forced the...