Court ruling9/18/2026

Court Prohibits Holding Agam Tzarfati in Solitary Confinement and Criticizes Israel Prison Service

The Tel Aviv District Court granted Agam Tzarfati’s petition concerning the conditions of her incarceration and rejected the position of the Israel Prison Service (IPS). The court prohibited holding her in solitary confinement and shortened the period of confinement with another inmate from 30 days to six additional days.

Key facts

•Court: Tel Aviv District Court
•Petitioner: Agam Tzarfati
•Representation: Attorney Daniel Mirsky, Public Defender’s Office
•Holding her in solitary confinement was prohibited
•Confinement with another inmate: six additional days instead of 30
•The case number and exact date of the ruling are not stated in the source

What the Court Ruled

Attorney Daniel Mirsky of the Public Defender’s Office filed the petition on Tzarfati’s behalf. In addition to changing the confinement arrangement, the court instructed the IPS to consider Tzarfati’s request to be allowed to speak with her parents—calls that until then had been completely prohibited.

Criticism of the Prison Guards’ Conduct

The court criticized the way IPS personnel treated Tzarfati, as documented in a published video, and ordered an investigation into the incident. The Walla report does not indicate precisely what steps must be taken following the investigation or whether a deadline was set for its completion.

Background to the Criminal Proceedings

Tzarfati is charged in the case involving the murder of 19-year-old Benayahu Razi on July 11, in an apartment rented through Airbnb in Jerusalem’s Nahlaot neighborhood. According to the indictment, following a confrontation, four minors arrived at the apartment equipped with knives and other weapons; Razi was stabbed in the chest and died from blood loss, and his friend was injured.

What Tzarfati Is Accused Of

According to the prosecution’s account, Agam Tzarfati and Shilat Huta did not stab Razi but participated in initiating and encouraging the incident. It was reported that Huta was in the apartment and showed Tzarfati the attack during a video call, while Tzarfati was in a vehicle outside. The two women and four minors were charged jointly with premeditated murder; the ruling concerning the conditions of incarceration does not determine their guilt.

What this means for you

The ruling demonstrates that detention conditions and restrictions on contact with family may be subject to separate judicial review, regardless of the seriousness of the charge. The court may order reconsideration of the confinement arrangement and an investigation into the conduct of prison staff without deciding the question of the defendant’s guilt.

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