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Another case of excessive use of force and arbitrary arrest of 13-year old boy

PR/EN/080217/09

Filmed by Meras Alazza

In another case of excessive use of force and arbitrary arrest, the Israeli forces arrested 13-year old Ali Afana this morning from Aida refugee camp. Israeli soldiers driving a military jeep entered the camp at high speed at 1:10pm and arrested the child from the street. Eyewitnesses affirmed that after being taken inside the jeep, an Israeli soldier repeatedly hit the child.

At the time of writing, the reasons behind the arrest or the whereabouts of Ali Afana are unknown.