Two Palestinian detained juveniles in Israeli Ofer prison affirmed being subjected to abuse and inhuman treatment during their arrest and through their transfer journeys to detention centers.
The lawyer of Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee Luai Ukkeh quoted the 17-year-old captive Mahmoud Zeid from al-Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah and Yousef Dar al-Sheikh 18 from Beddo town near Occupied Jerusalem as telling how they were subjected to practices violating their human rights the international law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Both detained minors said they were violently beaten at the hands of Israeli soldiers on the face and all parts of the body. They were pushed and forced into military jeeps while being handcuffed and blindfolded. The captives were arrested on August 14 and 23 respectively in the early morning hours from their homes.
