Injured minor prevented from attending court session

 The Israel Prison Service (IPS) prevented an injured 14-year-old Palestinian prisoner from attending his court session at the Ofer military court on Sunday, under the pretext that there were no ambulances to transfer him from the Ramla prison hospital where he is being held, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).

Usama Murad Jamil Marie Zeidat was shot and injured by Israeli forces after he allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba in the southern occupied West Bank district of al-Khalil ('Hebron') on Sept. 23. No Israelis were injured.

He spent three weeks in Israel’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center and underwent foot surgery. Israeli media reported at the time of the incident that the teen had been shot in the stomach.

The teen’s family, who are from the village of Bani Naim, have not been allowed to visit Usama since his detention, according to Akram Samara, a lawyer from PPS.

Samara said in a statement that during that during Sunday’s court session he filed an appeal against Israel’s decision to extend Usama’s detention until all legal procedures were completed.

He said that the court’s decision on the appeal would be issued in the coming week.

Samara highlighted that Usama was supposed to attend court sessions.