Four Palestinian female prisoners including minors faced harsh sentences recently issued by Israeli military courts researcher for prisoners’ affairs Riyad Ashqar revealed.
The Israeli magistrate’s court in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday sentenced the 19-year-old Palestinian girl Shurouq Dwayyat to 16 years in prison after she was accused of attempting to stab an Israeli settler in the Old City in Oct. 2015.
Shurouq was shot and injured by an Israeli settler before her arrest in Jerusalem’s Old City after she allegedly attempted to stab him on Oct. 7 2015.
The Palestinian young woman Maysoun Jabali 22 was also sentenced to 15 years imprisonment after being arrested in June 2015 for an alleged stabbing attack.
An Israeli military court sentenced 16-year-old Nurhan Awad to 13 years and a half in prison after she was convicted of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint along with her cousin who was shot dead in the scene.
Nurhan suffered serious foot injuries prior her arrest in Nov. 2015.
The Jerusalemite woman Israa Jaabis 31 was sentenced to 11 years in prison for allegedly carrying out a hit-and-run attack in Oct. 2015.
Jaabis was shot and injured during her detention at Zaim military checkpoint.
Meanwhile a number of Palestinian female prisoners have been further sentenced to different prison terms including Amal Taqatqa 23 who faced seven-year sentence for an alleged stabbing attack in January 2014.
Amal from Bethlehem was hit with five live bullets during her detention.
The 23-year-old female prisoner Hulwa Hamamra was also sentenced to six years imprisonment while the prisoners Ataya Abu Aisha and Yasmin Shaaban were sentenced to five years in prison.
The 45-year-old Abla Adam a mother of nine children was sentenced to three years imprisonment for allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing attack in Dec. 2015.
Since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada the number of Palestinian women and girls detained by Israeli forces has risen sharply.
In October Addameer reported that Israel was holding 64 female Palestinian prisoners some of whom were injured during their detention.
