1518 Palestinian children were killed since 2nd intifada

Source : Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades

Al Qassam website- Ramallah- Nearly 1518 Palestinian children were killed sin second Palestinian Intifada (uprising) in 2000, according to a Palestinian official r

The report, issued by the Ministry of Information on Monday, affirmed th thousand children were injured since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada 13 ago.

The report came to mark the International Day for the Protection of Children of the Israeli brutal daily practices against Palestinian children.

The report confirmed that 9000 children under 18 were arrested since th uprising, including 881 children in 2012.

The Ministry said that 246 children under 18 are currently held in Israe including 47 children under 16.

The report stated that the children under 18 constitute 47.6 per cent of th population.

Seven Children Injured In Jerusalem

Source : International Middle East Media Center

Saturday, May 11 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that seven Palestinian children have been injured by gas bombs and concussion grenades fired by Israel soldiers at elementary schoolchildren in At-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem.

The sources said that the seven children were injured by fragments of gas bombs, and concussion grenades, and that all of the wounded are 10-13 years old.

Dozens of students hurled stones at the army after attacking them leading to further clashes, local sources reported.

Furthermore, the army kidnapped one resident, identified as Mustafa Abu Al-Hawa, 20, and took him to an unknown destination.

Hatem Khweiss, media spokesperson of the Parents Committee of Jerusalem Schools, stated that the union will call for a strike and a press conference on Monday to expose the ongoing violations carried out by the soldiers against the Arab students in occupied Jerusalem.

He added that these violations require a serious action to stop them, and called on the international community to intervene and stop the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians, their lands and property in Jerusalem.