Additionally, the court asserted that Hamas and other terror groups:
1. have deliberately hidden among the civilian population during the war;
2. carried out terror activity from the Israel-designated humanitarian zone
3. including from inside civilian facilities such as hospitals and schools;
4. and seized humanitarian aid destined for civilians for its own use, to the detriment of the civilian population.

It also stated that:
1. the Palestinian terror groups in Gaza were responsible for civilian suffering in the war-torn territory,
2. although the court added that Israel was not permitted to ignore that suffering.

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, a liberal, wrote the primary opinion for the court, while conservatives Noam Sohlberg and David Mintz backed his decision.

Amit noted that the ruling was written:
1. before the government’s decision on March 2, 2025 to halt the transfer of all aid to Gaza,
2. and said that the ruling could not address the new circumstances.

It relates only to the petitions filed back in 2024 and the hearings that had been held for them