Israel escalates attacks against Palestinian children

The report pointed out on Monday, that during the second half of last March, 24 Palestinian children were arrested by Israeli forces, while dozens of others were wounded in separate attacks by the soldiers and settlers
. It stated that settlers from the Talmudic religious school have attacked a 7-year-old child in the occupied al-Quds by throwing empty bottles at him. The boy was then taken to the hospital for treatment. 4-year old boy Mohammed Qafisha was also transferred to the hospital after being run over by a settler's vehicle in the city of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank. Israeli soldiers harshly beat another Palestinian boy from al-Khalil causing him fracture in his right arm. Youssef Abu Eishe, 12, was also injured in the head by a rubber bullet, during clashes between the Israeli occupation forces and citizens in Bab al-Zawiya in the center of al-Khalil, while another child from the village of Nabi Saleh northwest of Ramallah sprained his foot during an anti-settlement march in the town.
Israeli military jeep ran over an 11-year-old boy during clashes in al-Khader village south of Bethlehem, which has caused him serious bruises and wounds. Meanwhile, Seven Palestinian children were injured during settlers' attacks near the crossroads of the settlement of Yitzhar near the city of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.