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Israeli attorney general tells court Ben-Gvir interfering in work of police
Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara told the country’s high court that she thinks PM Netanyahu should be made to explain why he continues to allow far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to continue his post in government.
“Minister Ben-Gvir is abusing his position to improperly influence the activities of the Israel Police in the most sensitive areas of law enforcement and investigations, violating fundamental democratic principles,” she said in a statement carried by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
According to her statement, since Ben-Gvir began his term, “the numerous manifestations of his improper interference in police work”, as well as other violations of the law and his disregard for court rulings, “paint a clear and severe picture of repeated violations of the principle of the independence of the police”.
According to Haaretz, this statement follows petitions early last month for Ben-Gvir’s dismissal.
Another Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli custody
A Palestinian detainee from the city of Rahat in the Negev has died in Israeli custody, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Hassan Issa al-Qashaleh, jailed for more than 13 months, died earlier today at Beersheba prison. He had been scheduled for release in six months, Wafa said.
His death comes amid mounting reports of detainees dying in Israeli prisons since the genocidal war on Gaza began, with Palestinian groups and rights organisations warning of deteriorating conditions, including overcrowding, lack of medical care and various forms of torture.
Palestinian prisoner groups say more than 100 detainees have died in Israeli custody or shortly after being transferred to hospitals since the war began. They say the identities of 86 have been confirmed so far, including 32 in the past year, while dozens of detainees from Gaza remain forcibly disappeared.
Israel is also said to be withholding the bodies of 94 detainees, 83 of them since the start of the war, according to the same groups.
Israeli forces detain Red Crescent Society ambulance in Jenin
Israeli forces detained a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.
According to the group, Israeli forces detained one of its ambulances at the entrance to the Martyr Khalil Suleiman Governmental Hospital in Jenin, whilst it was transporting a patient.
