Israel Sentences Palestinian Girl To 16 Years In Prison

MEP: The Israeli magistrate’s court in Jerusalem has sentenced a 19-year-old Palestinian girl to 16 years in prison, accusing her of attempting to stab an Israeli settler in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem in Oct last year.

The sentence also included a fine of 80,000 shekels ($20,929), Palestinian Ma’an news agency quoted members of Shurouq Dwayyat’s family as saying on Sunday.

Shurouq was shot and injured on October 7, 2015, by a 35-year-old Israeli settler in the Old City of East Jerusalem al-Quds after she allegedly tried to stab him.

However, witnesses told Ma’an that she had been assaulted by the Israeli settler and did not have any sharp objects on her at the time of the incident.

On the other hand, Israeli media said at the time that the man sustained light injuries, Shurouq was shot four times in her upper body, leaving her in serious condition.

The report comes as last week, an Israeli military court sentenced 15-year-old Natalie Shukha to a year and a half in prison after she was convicted of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint.

Shukha was shot in the chest and injured by Israeli forces on the scene.

Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians occurred since the occupation of Palestinian territories by Israeli forces imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds in August 2015. Since October last year, more than 265 Palestinians have been killed at the hands of Israeli forces.

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