JERUSALEM, June 24, 2015 (WAFA)
– Israeli police last night arrested seven Palestinian minors while they were
leaving al-Aqsa Mosque compound following Taraweeh (Ramadan night prayers), according to local
sources.
The children were identified as Noor-Eddin Abu Hadwan, 15, Omar al-Tawil, 15, Morad Alkam, 14, Mohammad Jaber, 13, Omar Yasin, 14, Mohammad Tayeh, 16, and Saleh Ishti, 15.
A total of 1,545 Palestinians, including minors, women and elderly were detained since the beginning of 2015, reported Abdel
Nasser Ferwana, the director of the Bureau of Statistics in the commission of
detainees' affairs.
The rate of arrests has reached 9.6% from January till April, which exceeded the rate documented for the same
period in 2014, said Ferwana.
About 258 Palestinians
under the age of 18 are among the detainees in Israeli jails, in addition to 77
women, the statement reported.
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