Lawyers and rights groups told HRW that Israeli forces regularly interrogate Palestinian children in the absence of a parent, hence infringing upon global laws that demand special protection for detained children.
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The report stated the number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli forces had more than doubled since October 2015.
A triumverate of Palestinian terror-Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad-are joining a so-called “nonviolent intifada” to force Israel out of Yehudah and Shomron, to be led by imprisoned murderer Marwan Barghouti, The Times of Israel reported on Monday.
“Palestinian children are treated in ways that would terrify and traumatise an adult”, Ms Bashi said. The 12-year-old is believed to be the youngest female Palestinian ever sent to an Israeli prison. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the report was “inaccurate and misleading”.
It said the “assertion that the firing was legal, since the officer claimed that he aimed at the youth’s legs but missed, clearly indicates the investigative system’s willingness to ignore the law and the open-fire regulations”.
With more than 540 demolitions and confiscations this year, the Israeli military has already matched its 2015 total and tightened the grip on Palestinians living in the occupied territories, according to Piper.
But there have been no casualties over the past two and half weeks, the slowest stretch in a seven-month wave of stabbings, shootings and vehicular attacks that has killed 28 Israelis and two Americans.
Israel has killed at least 190 Palestinians, 129 of whom it claimed were assailants. Many others were shot dead during clashes and protests.
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“We’ve been saying that if that is the assessment of the Security Council, then it is the responsibility of the Security Council to take action to stop settlement activity”, Mansour said, adding, “We feel that this has to materialize in some form of action”.
