Israeli Occupation soldiers Detain Palestinian woman for refusing strip search, beat up child

[ 18/11/2009 - 10:10 AM ]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)--

The illegal Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a Palestinian women on Tuesday night in downtown Al-Khalil (Hebron) after she refused to strip for search.

Local and press sources said that the IOF troops (who are staying illegally in the West Bank) ordered Om Wisam Duwesh to take off her clothes for search and when she refused, even when the soldiers tried to force her to do that, she was arrested.

Duwesh, in her forties, was beaten by the soldiers and taken to a police station in Kiryat Arba illegal settlement east of the city.

Meanwhile, IOF soldiers beat up a 10-year-old child in Dair Al-Ghussoun village, Tulkarem district, and detained him for 11 hours at the pretext he participated in an anti-wall march.

Local sources said that Hussam Muhana, 10, returned to his family home with bruises all over his body, and told his parents that two soldiers severely beat him up.

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