As many as 250 Palestinian children under the age of 18 are held in Israeli jails and subjected to all forms of oppression torture and degrading treatment the Palestinian Detainees Committee said.
In a special report to mark Palestinian Children’s Day the group revealed that Israeli forces have arrested nearly 10000 Palestinian children since the Second Intifada in September 2000.
According to the report Israeli forces subjected the detained children to brutal treatment including arresting them from their homes late at night interrogating them without a lawyer food or drink and subjecting them to physical and psychological maltreatment including severe beatings insults threats and intimidation to obtain confessions under pressure.
