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Ramallah, January 10, 2024—A Palestinian child recently released from administrative detention was attacked by an Israeli military dog while detained.
Yousef,* a 17-year-old Palestinian child, was recently released from Israeli prison after enduring over seven months in administrative detention, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine. In the early hours of March 30, 2023, while Yousef was out of the house, Israeli forces raided Yousef’s home and arrested his father in an apparent effort to coerce Yousef into surrendering. Yousef, who was 16 years old at the time, turned himself in later that same day. Israeli forces detained Yousef without charge or trial and during his detention, Israeli forces violated his rights, beat him, and unleashed an Israeli military dog which attacked him.
On October 30, 2023, Israeli prison administration hung an Israeli flag inside the children’s section of Megiddo prison in northern Israel,
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