JERUSALEM: Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a government ban preventing International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegates from visiting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, prompting calls on Thursday to resume such visits. In its judgment issued on Wednesday, the court found that the government had not offered sufficient justification for the blanket ban, which was imposed following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Israel's High Court Struck Down a Blanket Policy Barring Visits by the Red Cross to Security Prisoners Held in Israel, Saying the State's Main Reasoning for the Ban – Linked to…

El organismo consideró que el Ejecutivo israelí no presentó fundamentos legales para negar las visitas del CICR, pese a las “innumerables oportunidades” que le dio la corte para…