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<small><b><big><big>27,000 Palestinian children killed, injured,
detained since 2000</big></big></b></small><br>
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April 5, 2016<br>
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ALRAY, Ramallah- About 2070 Palestinian children killed, and more
13000 injured since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, until
last March 2016, official sources reported.<br>
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The Israeli occupation forces detained more than 12,000 Palestinian
children since 2000, where nearly 480 children are still languishing
in Israeli prisons. Of them almost 95% were severely tortured and
beaten during the arrest campaign and the interrogations intervals,
a press statement issued by the Ministry of Information stated.<br>
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The statement added that the IOF annually detains nearly 700
children from different districts, under the pretext of throwing
stones at the Israeli troops and settlers. Adding to that, the
Israeli violations that Palestinian students face on the Israeli
checkpoint centered on the entrances of cities and camps.<br>
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Moreover, the problems of rampant poverty that directly reflected
their impact on children, especially in the Gaza Strip with the
lasting siege imposed nearly ten years. The regression of the
economic situation prompted many of Palestinian children to leave
schools for work, where the percentage of the children aged 10-17
enrolled in labor market amounted to about 4.1 %, according to
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statics.<br>
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The statement has also explained that 85% of children in Jerusalem
live below the poverty line. According to the Association for Civil
Rights, the number of East Jerusalem residents is 371,844
Palestinians, 79% of them live below the poverty line, as a result
of the harsh policies and measures of the Israeli occupation against
them.<br>
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The school dropout rate amounted to 40% in Jerusalem schools, while
the city suffers from a lack of maternal and child health centers,
since there are only four places compared to western Jerusalem,
where there are 25 centers in the care of children.<br>
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