Israel's Tel Dradik barred from forced house arrest by military court

Israel's military appellate committee for the Judea and Samaria area accepted an appeal filed by detainee Tel Dradik against an administrative order imposed by Central Command chief Avi Blot. The panel ruled that Blot had no authority to require Dradik to remain under house arrest at his mother‑in‑law’s home and ordered the Israel Defense Forces to locate an alternative detention arrangement, including the possible rental of a state‑paid apartment. The court also instructed the prison service to continue monitoring Dradik’s medical condition.

Dradik, who has been on a hunger strike for about three weeks to protest the order, has experienced repeated fainting episodes and a worsening health outlook, according to the advocacy group Hanun. His lawyer, Moshe Polsky of Hanun, welcomed the decision, calling the original order “unworkable.” In response, dozens of Knesset members, ministers, and roughly 150 Likud local branch heads have written to Defense Minister Israel Katz urging the cancellation of administrative orders against settlers in the West Bank and Dradik’s release.