To be a Palestinian child, trying to survive Israeli jail
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/8/31/to-be-a-palestinian-child-trying-to-survive-israeli-jail
From beatings, to illness and hunger, freed Palestinian teen prisoners say abuse is rampant in Israeli jails.
For 10 long months, 16-year-old Hussein told Al Jazeera how he lived in the same clothes he was wearing when he was shot and detained by Israeli forces on October 3.
On that day, he was hit in the right thigh by Israeli forces stationed in a watchtower near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. He fell to the ground. Two Israeli soldiers walked towards him, kicking him in the head until he lost consciousness.
He woke up three days later in a hospital after undergoing surgery and was about to be taken to Ofer Prison where he would stay for the next 10 months. Now, Hussein has a limp, needs crutches to walk, and spends most of his day lying on a mattress.
Israeli forces beat child, take bicycle near Ramallah: Report
Army troops have beaten a child while carrying out a raid in the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, leaving him bruised, reports Wafa.
The child was stopped by Israeli forces while riding his bicycle, which they also confiscated, said Wafa.
Children are regularly targeted in Israeli military raids across the occupied West Bank. Since October 7, Israeli forces have arrested 700 children, 250 of whom are still in Israeli custody, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
