<article data-history-node-id="446680" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/370-palestinian-children-being-held-israeli-prisons-report-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/370-palestinian-children-being-held-israeli-prisons-report-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Nearly 400 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons, report says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>About 370 Palestinian children remain imprisoned in Israeli detention centres, according to a new report by the Palestinian Centre for Prisoners Advocacy, which it called "an unprecedented figure compared with previous periods".</p> <p>"As of early August 2026, approximately 370 Palestinian children were being held in Israeli prisons, most of them in Megiddo and Ofer prisons, among more than 9,400 Palestinian prisoners and detainees," the report said.</p> <p>It added that the figures point to "Israel’s continued use of administrative detention without charge or trial".</p> <p>In contrast, by the end of 2025, the number of children detained in Israeli prisons reached 180 - less than half the total number that has been reached in the first eight months of 2026.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Children behind bars: Around 370 Palestinian children remain held in Israeli prisons, facing detention conditions and violations that can leave lasting psychological, health, and educational consequences even after release.<br> <br> Read the full report: <a href="https://t.co/mHfkEukupQ">https://t.co/mHfkEukupQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/hTRo1V2A7m">pic.twitter.com/hTRo1V2A7m</a></p> — Palestinian Center for Prisoners Advocacy (@PalPrisonersA) <a href="https://x.com/PalPrisonersA/status/2093031703828734259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="445005" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-foreign-minister-says-ukraines-attack-iranian-vessel-cannot-go" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-foreign-minister-says-ukraines-attack-iranian-vessel-cannot-go" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran foreign minister says Ukraine's attack on Iranian vessel 'cannot go unanswered'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday a Ukrainian attack on an&nbsp;Iranian commercial vessel "cannot go unanswered".</p> <p>His comments came in calls with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Araqchi posted on X.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Zelenskyy has attacked an Iranian commercial vessel, killing a sailor. A blatant UN Charter violation done at Israel's behest to drag Europe into its war.<br> <br> In calls with EU High Rep Kallas and FM Lavrov, made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED.</p> — Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) <a href="https://x.com/araghchi/status/2081406217486778612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> </div> </article>

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