A 14-year-old boy from #Tayibe who shared a #Facebook post supporting #Hamas was arrested on Sunday, on suspicion of incitement and supporting terror. The Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court released him today on condition that he does not use social media for a month.
According to the police statement, the minor shared a picture with Hamas operatives handcuffed on top and #IDF soldiers in captivity in #Gaza on the bottom. Next to the picture was written "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, what will come will be harder and crueler."
Police claimed the boy added the caption, but he denies it. His attorney, Moanes Yones, said the boy "did not initiate publishing the post, but only 'shared' an existing picture." He added that the boy studies in a special education framework for students with learning disabilities, and "cannot read well."
The boy's relatives said they were shocked by the arrest. His uncle told #Haaretz that "this is not a child involved in politics and everything going on. He doesn't understand at all the severity of such pictures," and that "it's doubtful if he knew or noticed what was written in the picture." Contrary to the police claim that the boy added text to the picture, the uncle argued that "he didn't write anything, he just shared a picture that already had the text on it."
At the court hearing, police requested to send the boy to eight days of house arrest and forbid him from using social media for a month. The court accepted the attorney's claim that the boy is a student who must attend school and released him without house arrest.
Hebrew: https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2023-11-20/ty-article/.premium/0000018b-ec15-d6b8-a5ab-ec7f62b10000
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