"U.N. Finds Israeli Military Abuses Young Palestinians"

"Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military are subject to widespread, systematic ill-treatment that violates international law, a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund said. The Unicef report estimated that 700 Palestinian children aged 12 to 17, most of them boys, are arrested, interrogated and detained by the Israeli military, police and security agents every year in the occupied West Bank. The study found widespread mistreatment at each stage, including verbal and physical abuse and threats, along with coerced confessions. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it had cooperated with the Unicef investigation and would study the report closely."