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Soldiers also razed 30 dunums of agricultural land east of Salfit. In addition, they attacked Palestinian civilians and property in Hebron. Settlers terrorized farmers harvesting olives in the West Bank.
Soldiers assaulted peaceful demonstrators against Israel's Separation Wall. Dozens of Palestinians and human rights activists suffered from tear gas inhalation.
On October 16, soldiers attacked civilians, including school children at a peaceful sit-in against Israel prohibiting teachers and students from going to Hebron's Cordoba School. Six civilians, including three children, were injured.
A Final Comment
On October 20, Palestine Chronicle raised concerns about 164 children in Israeli custody. Sentenced or detained for alleged stone-throwing, it's unclear if they'll be included in wave two.
"UNICEF calls on the Israeli Government to release Palestinian child detainees so that they can be reunited with their families," said UNICEF OPT representative Jean Gough."As stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the detention of children should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time."
Annually, about 700 Palestinian children aged 12 - 17 are arrested, interrogated, detained and tried in Israeli military courts. Most are pronounced guilty by accusation. Few committed crimes.
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