Attorney general said opposed to ban on family visits for Hamas prisoners

Top law enforcement officials are said to be arguing over the controversial decision by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan to end family visits for Hamas terrorists in Israeli prisons.

Erdan reportedly instituted the visit ban in recent weeks to pressure the terror group’s Gazan leadership to release three Israeli citizens and the bodies of two Israeli soldiers held in Gaza.

But Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has told top cabinet ministers in recent days that he would have a difficult time defending the new policy before the High Court of Justice, Channel 2 reports.

Erdan is reportedly determined to maintain the policy until Hamas expresses willingness to release the Israelis.

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