Israeli court sentences Palestinian girl to 16 years in jail

The district court in Jerusalem al-Quds also sentenced Shurouq Dwayyat to pay a fine of 80,000 shekels ($20,929) on Sunday, the girl’s family said, according to Palestinian Ma’an news agency.

Shurouq was shot and injured on October 7, 2015, by a 35-year-old Israeli settler in the Old City of East Jerusalem al-Quds after she allegedly tried to stab him.

However, witnesses have rejected the reports, saying it was the settler who had assaulted her, and that the girl was not carrying any sharp objects at the time.

Shurouq was seriously wounded after she was shot four times in the upper body..

According to Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer, the Israeli military detained 106 Palestinian women and girls in 2015, up by 70 percent compared to 2013.

According to the group, most of the female detainees were subject to ill-treatment by prison authorities.