12-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Jailed By Israel, Released
KABUL: (MEP) A 12-year-old Palestinian girl has been released from Israeli prison after she was accused to carrying knife on February 9 at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank.
Dima al-Wawi was released on Sunday and returned to her family, two-and-a-half months after becoming the youngest female Palestinian ever incarcerated by Israel, Wawi’s lawyer Tariq Barghouth said.
According to Israeli military law, minors from age 12 can be charged, uniquely in the world according to United Nations children’s agency UNICEF.
Israel is currently holding about 450 Palestinian minors, around 100 of whom are under 16.
