Hebron: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Rights (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory stated on Tuesday that Israel's detention of two Palestinian children in Hebron underscores the daily challenges faced by Palestinians, including children.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, on Monday, Israeli soldiers detained two brothers, Mohammed and Abdul Fattah Ayman Al-Karki, aged 6 and 8, as they were playing football near their home in Hebron's Old City. A video circulating online shows the two children surrounded by Israeli soldiers and bursting into tears.
The UN Human Rights Office confirmed in a statement that "Palestinian children's rights to life, health, education, freedom of movement, and other rights are violated on a daily basis. Every day, children are killed, injured, or arbitrarily detained by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territory."
It reiterated its call for accountability for such violations, an end to the occupation, and the realization of a two-state solution where Palestine and Israel live side by side.
