Israel Hasn’t Released Any of the Child Hostages it Has Kidnapped

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Israel hasn't released any of the child hostages it has kidnapped. Israel still holds 323 Palestinian children- Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP). As of March 31, 2025, the Israel Prison Service reported that 323 Palestinian children were detained in Israeli prisons. Of these, 119 children (37%) were held in administrative detention without charge or trial- the highest number and proportion on record since DCIP began monitoring these figures in 2008.

I also wanted to highlight some concerning facts about Palestinian children in Israeli detention, based on verified reports from human rights organisations.

• As of June 2025, around 360 Palestinian children are being held in Israeli prisons. About 41% are in administrative detention, meaning they’re held without charge or trial — the highest proportion recorded since 2008 (DCI-Palestine).
• Many face serious abuse: 86% report being beaten, 69% subjected to strip searches, and 42% sustained injuries during arrest (Save the Children).
• Allegations include verbal abuse, threats, and physical and psychological violence (DCI-Palestine).
• The UN has raised serious concerns about ill-treatment and torture in detention facilities, including Sde Teiman (OHCHR).

These children are entitled to protection under international law, yet reports show repeated violations of their rights.

Or would you like another?

Well, yes, you said there were many.

You seem to be pitting Britain with any Islamic terrorist. If you want a fair comparison try comparing them against Christians. Hatred breeds terrorism.

Brogan Stewart, Christopher Ringrose and Marco Pitzettu.

Looks like these three were preparing acts of terrorism (luckily, they didn’t actually get to do it). They were arrested, charged with terrorism-related and firearms offenses and recently convicted.
So how does that relate to your pp where you said: “Many Brits have commited acts of terrorism, so should our children be kidnapped and treated as adults once they reach a certain height?”

No, it’s based on what they’ve done. If you are going to try to kill people, then you belong in prison. For a very long time.

Would you feel the same if they were Muslims planning an attack on a church? My question is why should one group of children be treated differently based in where they are born? These men became terrorists because of islamaphobic attitudes. I could carry on all day but I believe that if you claim to be educated enough to understand the history behind Israel and Palestine then you are capable of researching this yourself. When we look at terrorism there is a hyper focus on the last 20 years. Britain has killed many civilians and whipped up hatred in the last 20 years. If we look over the last 50 years, things are very different in terms of terrorism in Britain and who the perpetrators were. The bottom line is that hatred doesn't create peace.

Except if you are Israeli right? Then you get a pat on the back from the same army that is detaining and torturing children for throwing stones at armoured vehicles. You'd be a bit hard pressed to kill someone by throwing stones at a tank but battering an old woman as she tries to harvest her olives, well it remains to be seen if she will live.

Would you feel the same if they were Muslims planning an attack on a church?

Glad that they got arrested before they could go through with their plans? Sure!

14 is a child by anyone’s definition.

I'm really interested to hear why and how you came to this statement? Is this what you believe? Why do you believe this?

"These men became terrorists because of islamaphobic attitudes. "

More hyperbole.

I was quite clearly trying to make a point about the imagery of children in the OPs post where she could have just said teenagers or teenage children aged 14 and above as opposed to what people immediately think of as children as being from toddler age onwards.

You just had to read the rest of my sentence to clear that up.

14 year olds (and younger even) are certainly old enough to commit crimes, train for and be recruited for terrorism though. Hamas thinks so too.

www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-said-to-recruit-30000-gaza-youths-into-its-military-wing/amp/

themedialine.org/top-stories/izz-al-din-al-qassam-brigade-fighters-and-child-recruits-emerge-to-claim-leadership-in-gaza/

Has it occurred to you that Israel may be detaining these teenagers to keep them safe if they’ve been recruited as Hamas child soldiers?

Makes sense to me. Longer Israel holds them, the less chance of them being killed?

I was quite clearly trying to make a point about the imagery of children in the OPs post where she could have just said teenagers or teenage children aged 14 and above as opposed to what people immediately think of as children as being from toddler age onwards.
but the rest of the world does not read the word “children” and think preschooler or toddler. Most people, in the uk at least, would easily tell you that a child is a human less than 18 years old. To be clear Teenagers are NOT adults which is why they do not have adult status.

Ah, Netanyahu’s benevolent state. Obviously. Why did that not occur to me?

🙄

Seriously?!!!!!

Would you like your teens held by a bunch of IDF or in Israeli jail?

Hamas don’t seem worried about them.

None requested for release in the prisoner exchange.

Rather than being used as child soldiers/sacrifices for Hamas.

Absolutely.

Seriously!!!!!

I imagine they’re given fine food, PlayStations and tucked in at night.

What a ridiculous premise. Israel is only trying to keep them safe. Heard it all now.

Who said they have been involved in terrorist activity? Administrative detention is a method of Israel in kidnapping children and holding them indefinitely, with no access to legal channels, contact with parents or another appropriate adult. Israel have awarded themselves the power to do this, no charges or even reason is necessary. It has been happening for decades, and is just a way to try to further subjugate Palestinians, it's a 'silent' form of terrorism.
Please do not for one minute try to convince yourself that this is in response to criminal activity, have you not seen footage of Israel shooting children as young as 6 in the head for being in the street?

Sounds plausible to me actually.

Israel hold’s them, teens don’t die while carrying out terrorist activities, IDF don’t have to kill them because they’re a threat just the same as an adult terrorist, teens don’t manage to contribute to soldiers being killed.

Win, win.

As Golda Meir said -

When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons.

Tragic that those words ring just as true (if not more so) today as they did almost 70 years ago.

No I can’t say I have? Have you?

So there’s clear video evidence showing the IDF shooting children for being in the street?

Are you sure?

There is none.
Like the children killed by snipers.
Much more likely 19 year old terrorists with an AK.

That quote is so delusional. Poor Israelis, forced to be the biggest killers of children in the world, forced to starve children, forced to be the only country in the world to put children through military courts. I wonder why Bibi is running away from the international courts when all they have to do is stand there and say they forced us to be violent war criminals and have a little tear slowly slide down his face.

Do you have evidence of this?

No? Thought not.

Your utterly indifference to children killed in Gaza is appalling.