Palestinian UN envoy appeals to ICRC to protect detainees in Israeli prisons

The Palestinian permanent observer to the UN has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene to protect Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons. Ibrahim Khraishi sent a letter to ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric Egger on Friday, urging her to immediately act to safeguard the lives of Palestinian detainees who are subjected to torture, starvation and ill-treatment in Israeli detention cells, state news agency Wafa said. The move comes after a video shared on social media showed far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatening prominent Palestinian detainee Marwan Barghouti in his cell.