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Knesset Moves Forward on Bill to Extend Detention of Security Prisoners
The Knesset advances a bill to extend emergency regulations, allowing for extended detention of security prisoners linked to the October 7 hostilities and Gaza.
Jerusalem, 19 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Knesset plenum approved in a first reading the bill to amend and extend the validity of the Emergency Regulations (Iron Swords) (Extension of Detention for a Suspect in a Security Offense), 2026. In the vote, 10 Knesset members supported the bill, against 4 opponents, and it will be forwarded for discussion in the Constitution Committee.
It is proposed to extend the validity of emergency regulations that allow for the extension of detention of those detained due to hostilities that occurred between October 7, 2023, and October 13, 2023, or those detained as part of the war operations in Gaza. The proposed extension is until July 31, 2026.
The explanatory notes to the proposal state: “Since the recent extension of the law, new suspects have been arrested and new evidence has been added that required the completion of an investigation into the suspects. Furthermore, the investigation has not yet been completed and no indictments have been filed.”
