The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested 800 Palestinian children since the start of this year most of them from occupied Jerusalem the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee revealed on Saturday.
According to Issa Qaraqe head of the Committee some 25 of the detained minors were shot by Israeli gunfire during their arrest.
In a statement on Saturday Qaraqe said that dozens of the children have been arrested several times. Some of them he explained are unable to go to school because they have permanent disabilities resulting from the ill-treatment to which they were subjected during arrest and investigation including torture.
Qaraqe said that the Committee receives testimonials from young ex-detainees that prove being beaten tortured verbally abused handcuffed and subjected to other kinds of maltreatment at the hands of Israeli soldiers.
He also underlined that such treatment of children is a “flagrant violation” of international humanitarian law. He called on the Palestinian Authority to prosecute Israeli leaders for the violations and offenses practiced against Palestinian children.
