UN calls on Israel to release Palestinian children from jails amid coronavirus

Three UN officials urge Israeli authorities to free detained Palestinian children to protect them from COVID-19.
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UN officials are urging Israel to release detained Palestinian children to give them the space to protect themselves from COVID-19. Here, a social distancing marker is seen as Palestinians wait to receive payments at a post office in Gaza City, May 6, 2020. - REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Al-Monitor Staff

Three United Nations officials have called on Israel’s government to release imprisoned Palestinian children amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

Some 194 children are currently in detention in Israeli jails, the officials said in a statement released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs today.

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