RAMALLAH, February 11, 2018 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) Sunday said three Palestinian minors were assaulted by Israeli forces during detention in Janauary.

PPS’s attorney said he visited the three minors in the Israeli prison of Ofer, where they shared experiences of being assaulted by Israeli soldiers.

One of the detainees is 17-year-old Mustafa al-Badn from the town of Tuqu’ in the city of Bethlehem; he said Israeli forces raided his family home at 1:30 A.M., detained him and took him to Etzion prison.

Al-Badn said he was beaten on the way to the prison and was interrogated for 26 days. He said some days he would spend up to 9 hours in interrogation and was assaulted and strangled by one of the detectives. He was detained on January 4, 2018.

Meanwhile, Faisal al-Sha’er, 16, from the same town, said he was interrogated for 15 days, 10 of which were consecutive. He said his leg was injured only three days before he was detained by Israeli soldiers on January 15, 2018.

Ahmad al-Shalalda, 15-year-old, said he broke his leg after he fell while being chased by Israeli soldiers on the day he was detained, on January 24, 2018. He was admitted to the Israeli hospital of Hadassah Ein Kerem and spent one day there before he was taken to Etzion prison and then to Ofer prison. 

PPS said 60% of detained minors suffer from physical and psychological abuse through several methods, some of which include detaining them late at night, beating them, threatening them, forcing them to confess under torture, keeping them without food and water for long hours and interrogating them for long periods without the presence of parents or lawyers.

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