Key facts
- Israel's Supreme Court ruled the government is violating its order to allow Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners.
- The court noted that more than three months have passed since the original ruling.
- The government must permit visits to detention facilities 'with the required speed'.
- The government has until October 11 to state whether it has completed arrangements to resume visits.
- The High Court had previously ruled that a blanket ban on visits, imposed after October 7, 2023, was unlawful.
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the government is violating a previous order to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit Palestinian prisoners, Haaretz reported. The judges stated that the government must permit visits to detention facilities "with the required speed," noting that more than three months had passed since the original ruling. The court has given the government until October 11 to explain how it will ensure Palestinian detainees held for security offenses can receive humanitarian visits. The High Court of Justice had previously ruled that the state was not complying with the court's order to reinstate Red Cross visits to Palestinian security prisoners, visits that had yet to resume. The Association for Civil Rights described the situation as contempt of court. The blanket ban on such occasions was imposed after October 7, 2023.