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NABLUS, April 11, 2012 (WAFA) – At least 300 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli authorities during March, including dozens of children and seven women, said a report by the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights on Wednesday.

Ahmad Toubasi, a lawyer and researcher at the foundation, said the arrests are a violation of international laws, particularly those pertaining to women and children.

The foundation documented the names of the seven women taken into custody and the circumstances of their arrests, five of whom were arrested during visits to relatives imprisoned in Israeli jails.

One woman was arrested in Hebron under the pretext she attacked soldiers while crossing a checkpoint after soldiers took her 3-year-old son away from her.

T.R./M.S.