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Palestinian minors subjected to torture during arrest

Thursday 28-June-2018

A number of Palestinian minors recently arrrested by Israeli forces and currently held in Ofer detention center were subjected to severe beating and ill-treatment during their detention rights sources said.

According to the testimonies reported by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) the 15-year-old Khalil al-Khatib was severely beaten all over his body at the hands of Israeli forces with the butts of their rifles.

Al-Khatib was later sentenced to three months in prison.

Ahmed Saada 17 was further subjected to a similar attack after Israeli soldiers violently stormed his family house at dawn on 7 May.

The 17-year-old Munther Abu Shama also suffered different injuries after being beaten during his arrest on 11 May.

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