Wadi’ Khweira: A Childhood Detained Under Occupation

Wadi’ Ali Khweira, a Palestinian child no older than thirteen, was released from Israeli prisons after 30 days of detention. His release marked an emotional moment that embodied the injustice faced by Palestinian children under occupation. Wadi’ was not a criminal, but a child with hopes of living a normal life like any other. Yet the occupation showed no mercy for his innocence. He spent his days in detention away from his family and school, under harsh conditions unfit for a child. Wadi’s story is not an exception, but one of hundreds that reflect the suffering of Palestinian childhood under daily oppression — a reality that calls for the world’s moral attention.