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Israel must give Red Cross access to jailed Palestinians, Britain tells ICJ

Government lawyer says treatment of hostages by Hamas is no excuse to break Geneva conventions

British government lawyers have said Israel is bound by the Geneva conventions to give the International Committee of the Red Cross access to Palestinian prisoners and cannot justify its refusal to do so by pointing to Hamas’s treatment of Israeli hostages.

On the fourth day of proceedings at the international court of justice in The Hague, Sally Langrish said there had been “repeated credible reports of ill treatment of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli custody” since the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel.

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