Every year, Defense for Children International - Palestine collects hundreds of statements from Palestinian children who were arrested and subjected to long periods of interrogation without the presence of a parent, guardian or lawyer, and Israel is never held to account for these abuses, its director tells MEMO. .
Israeli forces have escalated their violations against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, this year, with the majority of child victims being from the city of Je.
Israeli forces killed 16-year-old Ghaith Yameen in Nablus during a raid on the city early Wednesday morning, just days after killing another Palestinian youth in Jenin.
During a raid on Saturday morning, Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Amjad Walid Hussein Fayed, making him the 11th child to be killed by Israel since the start of the year.