The Israeli forces detained 13 Palestinian children on October 10 from the Gaza Strip during clashes near the separating fence in Gaza, an official in the Prisoners and Freed Detainees Affairs Authority said Saturday.

Nine of the children were released, while four others were kept in detention, he added in a press statement.

The youngest of the four children, 14 years of age, and was sentenced to 6 months in jail by an Israel court, the official said.

In his testimony, the minor said that three Israel soldiers attacked him and obliged him to take off his clothes and intensely beat him.

He also said that he was kept for three days without food or water.

Source: MENA