As the world marks Children’s Day three Palestinian children suffered injuries on Sunday evening when extremist Jewish settlers and Israeli forces assaulted them in al-Khalil and Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources in al-Khalil a horde of settlers severely beat a child identified as Yazan al-Rajbi in an area near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba.
The kid suffered severe injuries in his head and was rushed to Alia Hospital in al-Khalil.
In Bethlehem Israeli soldiers assaulted two teenage sisters aged 13 and 14 in Kisan village at the pretext of their presence in an area under Israeli control.
Local sources said that the sisters Raghad and Dina Abiyat were attacked near the illegal settlement of Abi Hanahal.
According to Palestinian human rights groups 40 children had been killed and 750 others were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of 2022.
The majority of the children who were arrested during the current year were exposed to different forms of physical and psychological torture.
