Days of Palestine – Hebron

Israeli occupation forces today detained five children aged 7-11 who were picking akoub (gundelia plant) in Masafer Yatta area in the south of the occupied West Bank,

Local sources said that the five children were first chased away by Israeli settlers from the land where they were picking the plant that is used as meals in the Palestinian kitchen before calling the army who detained the five children.

The children were taken by the Israeli occupation forces to the police station at Kiryat Arba settlement.