Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap Palestinian Children in Al-Khalil

IOFs kidnap Palestinian children in Al-Khalil

[ 03/08/2009 - 09:21 PM ]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)--

The Palestinian prisoner society in Al-Khalil (Hebron) city has revealed Monday that at least 69 Palestinian citizens, including 11 children, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the city over the past month.

According to a report issued by the society over the matter, around 24 Palestinian students and ten patients were also rounded up during the IOF incursions in the populated city during the same period. Around 11 others were taken to Israeli detention centers for interrogation, the report added.

Relatives of the kidnapped children confirmed that the IOF troops stormed their homes and wreaked havoc inside them, and harshly beat their sons in front of their eyes before they arrested them.

According to Palestinian records, more than 400 Palestinian children were incarcerated in many Israeli prisons under very harsh prison conditions, in addition to the Israeli maltreatment and relentless attempts to make them spies and collaborators.

Furthermore, the society confirmed that the IOF thugs wounded the eye of captive Ali Ghazi Shawamrah, and broke the arm of citizen Saddam Ali Awad. Both citizens were rushed to the hospital, local sources confirmed.

The wallet of captive Mohammed Akram Abdul Kareem and the gold of his sister-in law were also stolen by the Israeli occupation soldiers during the "cowardly" assault on their home.

In this regard, the society called on all concerned local, regional, and international agencies and human rights and legal groups to immediately intervene to halt the aggressive Israeli occupation attacks on the unarmed Palestinian civilians. In the nearby Bethlehem city, 15 Palestinian citizens were apprehended by the IOF troops.

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