Nearly 350 Palestinian minors held in Israeli jails: Group
‘A Palestinian non-governmental organization says Israel is holding nearly 350 minors, among them children as young as 15, in prisons and detention facilities across the occupied territories.
In a statement released on Saturday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) announced that it has documented more than 2,000 cases of child arrests since late 2015, and that most of the detentions have been carried out in Jerusalem al-Quds, Arabic-language Palestine al-Aan news agency reported.
The group made the announcement on the eve of United Nations Universal Children’s Day on November 20.’
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