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Originally posted by Fletch XXX
yikes, reading some of this is horrible.
"The IDF collected data over the involvement of Palestinian children in suicide bombings is grim, according to this data:
Since the beginning of the violence in 2000, 29 suicide attacks were carried out by youth under the age of 18.
Since May 2001, 22 shootings attacks and attacks using explosive devices were carried out by youth under the age of 18.
Since the beginning of 2001, more than 40 youth under the age of 18 were involved in attempted suicide bombings that were thwarted (of them, three during 2004).
The IDF does not, however, point out that since the beginning of the conflict:
The IDF has killed 550 children in the Palestinian territories during the intifada, compared to only 106 Israeli children killed by Palestinians. The ratio of wounded children is about 10 to 1.
They had also had arrested over 2,000 children by June 2003 alone.
Children in IDF custody report abuses (beatings, sleep deprivation, and humiliation such as being forced to strip naked, derogatory language, being forced to perform a variety of demeaning actions, etc) and said they were treated as adult Palestinians; this is backed up by numerous articles from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch."
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Indeed. What a sad place to have your childhood. I can't even fathom what it must be like for all the kids on both sides of that fence.
Just terrible, just sad, just a sad commentary on how much more humanity we need to get this entire planet to a more peaceful state.
