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More hospital invasions, massacres, rape – and UNRWA banned in north – Day 170

[email protected] March 25, 2024 child prisoner, famine, flour massacre, gaza hospitals, Rafah, sexual violence, unrwa, weapons to israel

Now 3 hospitals in Gaza under siege, horrific stories coming out; Israel bans all UNRWA aid deliveries in northern Gaza, as famine draws closer; sexual violence against Gazan women is underreported, say UN rapporteurs; yet another flour massacre kills at least 20; NGOs pressure Biden admin to honestly engage with Israel on compliance with int’l law; Palestinian children in prison; Kamal implies consequences are a possibility if Israel attacks Rafah

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Israel has no mercy on Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, whose mental health is worsening

[email protected] July 5, 2022 administrative detention, ahmad manasra, child prisoner, Convention on the Rights of the Child, mental illness, security prisoner, solitary confinement, torture

Beginning at age 13, Ahmad Manasra has endured years of harsh interrogations, abuse, & solitary confinement; mental health experts say his life is in danger – but Israel refuses to release him. Ahmad has served 6 years for a crime in which he did not participate.

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53,000 Palestinian children detained by Israel since 1967

[email protected] April 5, 2022 child arrest, child prisoner, detention, occupation

April 5 is Palestinian Child Day. Today we acknowledge that Israel has arrested over 53,000 Palestinian minors since 1967. Many are tortured.

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Israel detains, interrogates four Palestinian children, ages 9-10

[email protected] January 26, 2021 child abuse, child detention, child prisoner, saed bannoura, un convention on the rights of the child

Palestinian children are frequent targets of the Israeli military and court systems – contrary to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Israel is a signatory. Since 2000, over 12,000 Palestinian children have experienced detention…

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