Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin responded angrily on Sunday to a Supreme Court demand that Israel’s government provide justification by Aug. 24 for its policy on the war and the return of the hostages.

The court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, made the demand earlier on Sunday in response to a petition submitted by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group focused on returning the hostages being held by terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip.

“The main essence of this petition is not a request to the court to instruct the government to agree to a deal to end the war under one condition or another,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Khaled Kabub in his decision, according to the court’s website.

“The main essence of this petition […] is the demand that the government provide a d

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