Israeli officers grill Palestinian teenager
Fresh video footage has appeared showing Israeli military officers cruelly interrogating a Palestinian teenager in custody.
In the video, broadcast by the Arabic-language Palestine al-Yawm satellite television network, the Israeli officers can be seen yelling, cursing at and verbally abusing 13-year-old Ahmad Manasra, whom they accuse of carrying out a stabbing attack on an illegal settler near Pisgat Ze’ev settlement in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
The Palestinian minor eventually breaks down in tears, insisting that he does not remember anything.
At the beginning of the video, an Israeli officer is captured on camera shouting and raising his hand threateningly at Manasra.
“You are a liar!” the officer yells, adding, “I’ll show a video how you stabbed and ran after an Israeli.”
Manasra tells the officers that he had telephoned his lawyer, and that he would arrive in ten minutes. One of the officers, however, replies that he “knows the law” and begins the interrogation immediately.
The Israeli officers continue grilling the 13-year-old Palestinian until he starts crying and beating his head in frustration.
“I don’t remember; I have gone mad,” Manasra says. “I swear I don’t remember anything.”
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