This article was originally published by Maan News and is republished with permission.

The Palestinian Prisoner Society has appealed to local and international human rights organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and children's organizations, to intervene immediately for the release of two boys currently being held in the Talmond Prison.

The children suffer from difficult psychological conditions in their detention.

Muhammad Othman, 11, and Rafeeq Al Aishih, 13, are from the Our At Tahta region outside the city of Ramallah. They were beaten during their arrest two weeks ago, before being transferred to an Israeli military outpost and forced to sign statements under threats and further beating.

The Israeli authorities have, since the beginning of the Al Aqsa Intifada in September 2000, arrested more than 5000 child detainees. 350 of them, between the ages of 11 to 18, are still detained in several Israeli prisons and investigation centers and are exposed to almost daily attacks by their captors.