The Israeli army has arrested and beaten children as young as seven in the West Bank amid its indiscriminate war on Gaza.

The Israeli army has arrested and beaten children as young as seven in the West Bank amid its indiscriminate war on Gaza.

At least 640 Palestinian children were detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza, with many of them tortured and abused, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Monday.

Child detainees have been subject to “acts of abuse, torture, and medical crimes to which adult prisoners are also exposed to in Israeli prisons,” the group said as cited, by the Turkish Anadolu agency.

The total number includes those who have been released, and the Palestinian Prisoners Club said at least 250 minors remain in prison, and are subject to ill treatment.

On Sunday, Israeli authorities arrested a seven-year-old identified as Bahaa Kazem Haj Mohammed in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, the group said, before releasing him hours later. …

  • DolphinMath@slrpnk.netEnglish
    65·
    5 months ago

    I wish reporting like this would bother to define what they mean when they say children. Are we talking about 16 and 17 year olds, or are we talking about 7 and 8 year olds? They mention a single 7 year old who was released “hours later” after supposedly being arrested and “beaten on his hands” whatever that means exactly.

    Also, if anyone has information on the primary source for the article, the Palestinian Prisoners Club, I’d be interested in learning more. From a quick search, Qadura Fares, a Fatah/PA politician is cited as the President/Head in several articles. The Wikipedia page redirects to this article, and this Facebook page comes up in a quick search. I didn’t find anything else of consequence unfortunately.

    Edit: After a little more digging, looks like some articles refer to the same group as The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). I believe this is their, currently down, official website. Their Instagram, Twitter/X

    • solo@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      45·
      5 months ago

      I wish reporting like this would bother to define what they mean when they say children.

      I’m pretty sure that they define children like the rest of the planet does.

      Also, please keep in mind when using wiki links on anything (even loosely) related to Israel, that it has been edited by Zionists. This part of wiki doesn’t work like the rest. See a 2 min video below from13 years ago.

      Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia - Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

      • Feliskatos 🐱@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        5 months ago

        Globally, there are at least two relevant definitions in play per Wikipedia:

        A child (pl. children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty,[1][2] or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty.[3] It may also refer to an unborn human being.[4][5] In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority (there are exceptions like, for example, the consume and purchase of alcoholic beverage even after said age of majority[6]), regardless of their physical, mental and sexual development as biological adults.[1][7][8]

        It seems reasonable to request clarification as to which definition of child is being used.