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Israelis accused of torturing Palestinian child detainees

The Palestinian Prisoners Club says there has been an increase in the number of cases of Palestinian children tortured during interrogation by Israeli officers.
Tariq Khdeir (C), a 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent and a cousin of Mohammed Abu-Khdeir, the youth whom Palestinians believe was abducted and murdered by far-right Israelis on Wednesday, is escorted by Israeli prison guards during an appearance at Jerusalem magistrate's court July 6, 2014. The United States called for speedy investigation of an incident in which Khdeir appeared to have been badly beaten by Israeli paramilitary police during riots in East Jerusalem. A police spokesman said Khdeir
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Young Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, from the Shuafat camp in the Jerusalem district, returned to Palestine for his annual summer vacation. Instead, he was severely beaten and detained by Israel soldiers, while his cousin Mohammed Abu Khdeir was burned alive by three Israelis, two of whom were settlers, on July 2.

The crimes against the two Abu Khdeir children shed light on attacks against Palestinian childrenStatistics from the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip indicate that 40% of the martyrs of the war launched by Israel on the Strip beginning July 8, 2014, have been children, who are frequently targeted and killed.

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