Report says Israel captured more than 2,500 Palestinian citizens, including 260 children, since January

TULKAREM, West Bank - Israeli troops killed 78 Palestinian children, and captured more than 2,500 Palestinian citizens, including 260 children, throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the start of this year, a report issued by the Nafha society said.

The society, which caters for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, explained that 1500 of the captured Palestinian citizens were from the West Bank, in addition to hundreds of Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip rounded up by the Israeli troops during military incursions into the tiny Strip.

The report also added that 13 Palestinian women were among the arrested citizens, including human rights activist Ahlam Johar who was later …