Israel’s Supreme Court wants state to explain lack of evacuation plan in Gaza: Report
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the Supreme Court has ordered the state to explain why it hasn’t established an “orderly plan” to oversee the evacuation of sick and wounded Palestinians in Gaza for treatment in a third country.
The newspaper reported that three judges ordered the state to respond by November 11.
The judges wrote that Israel “must enable the effective implementation” of a policy that “will be adequate to the medical needs in those cases where there is no security prevention”.
A man wounded in an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced people is helped during the funeral of Palestinians killed in the strike at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 14
Parliamentarians join walkout against Israel at IPU meeting in Geneva
Members of parliament, including representatives from the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, have staged a walkout against Israeli officials during the 149th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland.
The delegation of Palestine had submitted an emergency item to the IPU assembly titled, “Enforcing UN General Assembly resolution ES-10/24 and ensuring accountability”.
The resolution issued in September formally demanded an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months.
Tensions rose when an Israeli official took the floor to speak during the session, chaired by IPU President Tulia Ackson. In response, representatives from many countries banged their tables in protest and then walked out of the assembly hall.
After the Israeli official’s speech, the protesting representatives returned to the hall to resume the session.
