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PPS: IOF arrested 750 Palestinian kids in about 11 months

Saturday 19-November-2022

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have detained or jailed 750 Palestinian children since the beginning of the current year 2022 according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).

Several of those detained children were injured before or during their detention while some others suffer from health issues.

This came in a report released by PPS on Saturday on the occasion of the “World Children’s Day” which is celebrated on November 20 each year.

Five of the detained children are held in administrative detention but one of them has recently exceeded the age of childhood.

According to the report the majority of the children who were arrested during the current year were exposed to different forms of physical and psychological torture.

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