More than 250 Palestinian children held in Israeli jails

A Palestinian human right organization said Israeli authorities have detained more than 250 Palestinian children below 18 years of age since the beginning of the intifada (uprising) five months ago.

Kuwaiti news agency (KUNA) reports quoting a statement of the conscience foundation taking care of prisoners 120 of those children are still behind bars and some of them are subjected to all kinds of torture and aggressed by common law adult prisoners.

It noted that prisoner Lu'ai Abu Nijma from occupied Al Quds was wounded in the face when a criminal prisoner hit him with a razor. Another criminal prisoner attempted to rape one of those children. The child was then injured in the foot with a razor when he reported the aggression to the prison management. The statement said the criminal prisoners also steal phone cards, shoes, clothes and food of these children.