Israel releases 12-year-old Palestinian suspected of attemtpted manslaughter
April 24, 2016
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HEBRON (Ma’an) — The Israeli authorities on Sunday released 12-year-old Dima al-Wawi after she spent two-and-a-half months in Israeli prison for attempted manslaughter at an illegal Israeli settlement.
Believed to have been the youngest female Palestinian prisoner held by Israel, al-Wawi’s parent filed requests for her release and Israel agreed to release the child two months early, alongside an 8,000 shekel ($2,100) plea deal payment.
She was released at the Israeli military checkpoint Jubara in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, welcomed by the governor of Tulkarem Issam Abu Bakr and head of the Palestinian Authority’s Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe, among others.
“The detention of children is a crime against humanity,” the governor said, adding that the Israeli occupation “violates children’s’ dignity and their right to live.”
Issa Qaraqe also addressed those welcoming al-Wawi saying that Israel “practices the ugliest means of suppression and torture against Palestinian children.”(...)