Tel Aviv (Quds News Network) – The Israeli Ministry of Justice is working on fast-tracking legislative measures for a new law related to the arrest and trial of thousands of Palestinians who have been detained from the Gaza Strip following the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7. The new law is expected to include the death penalty, according to Israeli reports. The new law aims to amend the current detention, investigation, and trial systems outlined in the existing arrest laws. In the meantime, a set of new laws will be enacted due to the "difficulty in collecting and documenting evidence in the field," as reported by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth on Tuesday. One of the challenges the new law will address is the difficulty of determining the party that targeted each of the Israeli fatalities. Investigations published by the newspaper in the past two weeks confirmed that on October 7, Israeli forces received orders to execute the "Hannibal procedure," which involved firing upon anyone returning from the Gaza envelope region into the Gaza Strip. This included shooting at Hamas fighters, Palestinian civilians, and Israeli hostages who were held and being transported to the Strip. The new legislation will also tackle the question of whether all detained Palestinians will be charged with everything that occurred on October 7. The law will determine the nature of the judicial body that will handle the cases of the detainees, whether it will be a regular central court, a military court, or a special court. The decision on the new law was made in coordination between senior officials in the Ministry of Justice and the head of the Knesset's Law and Constitution Committee, Simcha Rotman, who chairs the Knesset's subcommittee formed to examine the trial of Palestinians from the Strip. Rotman was quoted by the newspaper as saying, "The reality in which we must amend existing legislation without a clear political decision about our direction does not lead to the best solution." Yesterday, the Israeli Attorney General, Gali Baharav Miara, met with attorneys general and officials in the general prosecution of countries whose citizens were killed on October 7 or held in the Strip. The meeting was attended by attorneys general from the United States, Germany, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Estonia, as well as representatives from the embassies of Japan, Australia, and Denmark in Tel Aviv. The attorneys general met with members of the legal team representing Israel before the International Court of Justice in The Hague to respond to a suit by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against the people of Gaza. They also met with officials from the Ministries of Security, Foreign Affairs, and the Israeli Police, and received reports on the Israeli narrative of the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023, as well as on the Hamas movement. They also participated in a tour of Israeli settlements in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip. Estimates suggest that preparing and passing the new law in the Knesset will take about two months, but the leadership of the judicial system believes that the trials will only take place after the end of the war on Gaza. The newspaper also added that "as long as there are hostages in Gaza, Israel is not interested in a move that could hinder their chances of returning." Another reason for Israeli concern is the fear of escalation from the Palestinians and human rights organizations in Europe initiating legal actions against Israel in the International Criminal Court in The Hague for committing war crimes against civilians in the Gaza Strip. The General Assembly of the Knesset has already approved a bill submitted by Rotman to amend the General Defense Law, which prohibits the Public Defense Unit in the Ministry of Justice from representing Gaza detainees. The bill also aims to prevent international lawyers from representing the detainees. Attorney General Miara and the Public Defense Unit opposed this amendment.