Israel to release young female Palestinian prisoner
Posted April 11, 2016 7:00 am
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prison service says it has approved the early release of a 12-year-old Palestinian girl who confessed to planning to carry out a stabbing attack in a West Bank settlement.
Prison service spokesman Assaf Librati said Monday that authorities have decided to release the girl on April 24 - six weeks before her scheduled release. He said the decision was made because of her "young age."
The case had put Israel's military justice system in a difficult spot and drew attention to the dual legal systems in the West Bank - one for Palestinians and one for Israelis.
The girl was arrested Feb. 9 outside a West Bank settlement with a knife hidden in her shirt and pleaded guilty to attempted manslaughter.
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