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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold information on this issue. However,
according to the Israeli Non-Government Office (NGO) Military Court Watch, 422 Palestinian
children were held in Israeli military detention as of 31 December, 2015. According
to figures provided by the Israeli Prison Service, 148 children are being held inside
detention facilities inside of Israel and 274 children are being held in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories. According to the Palestinian human rights NGO, Addameer,
there are no children being detained as Palestinian prisoners.</p><p>We are concerned
about the treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons. We funded an independent
report on Children in Military Custody.</p>
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