Israeli Court Orders Better Nutrition for Palestinian Prisoners Amid Ongoing Conflict

Sat Sep 13 2025 12:26:10 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Israel's Supreme Court rules that the state must improve food provisions for Palestinian prisoners, highlighting concerns over nutritional adequacy. The ruling comes amid intensifying military actions and ongoing hostage negotiations.

In a recent legal ruling, Israel's Supreme Court has mandated that the government improve food conditions for Palestinian prisoners, emphasizing the state's obligation to provide adequate nutrition. Thousands of Palestinians are currently in Israeli jails, with many having been detained amid the ongoing conflict that escalated in October 2023. As the military offensive continues and negotiations for hostages persist, concerns regarding the treatment of detainees remain high, particularly among human rights advocates. This ruling arrives against a backdrop of unrest and growing pressure on Israeli leadership to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the state is failing to provide adequate food to Palestinian prisoners, and must take steps to improve their nutrition.

The three-judge bench said on Sunday that the state was legally obligated to provide prisoners with enough nutrition to ensure a basic level of existence.

Thousands of Palestinians have been held in Israeli jails for years, including over terror charges - and thousands more have been detained since the war began in October 2023.

Talks for a ceasefire have stalled but on Sunday night, US President Donald Trump issued a last warning to Hamas, urging them to accept a deal to release Israeli hostages from Gaza.

Hamas responded in a statement and said it was ready to immediately sit at the negotiating table following some ideas from the American side aimed at reaching a ceasefire agreement.

Israel has also refused to grant the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) access to Palestinian detainees since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, in which some 1,200 people died. Reports indicate at least 64,368 Palestinians have died due to the ongoing conflict, according to Hamas-run health ministry statistics.

Human rights groups have long criticized the conditions in Israeli prisons, with petitions claiming food policies have resulted in malnutrition among prisoners. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel called for the court's ruling to be implemented immediately.

As Israel intensified its assault over the weekend, the Israeli Defence Force struck a high-rise building in Gaza City, alleging it was being used by Hamas for intelligence purposes, a claim denied by local authorities.