Palestinian child jailed by Israel has coronavirus

A Palestinian child imprisoned by Israel has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, amid an outbreak in Israeli detention centers. Israel arrested the 15-year-old from his home in the Jalazone refugee camp, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on 23 July. This is the first known case of a Palestinian child detainee contracting the virus. His identity is being protected by human rights group Defense for Children International Palestine for privacy reasons. Israeli forces transferred the child to the Shikma interrogation center in Ashkelon, southern Israel. They postponed his interrogation after he tested positive for the virus. But despite being infected, Israeli...