(ANSAmed) - ROME, MAY 10 - Over the past two days "29 Palestinian children have been wounded" in East Jerusalem, including in the Old City and in the district of Sheikh Jarrah, UNICEF said. "Eight Palestinian minors have in the meantime been arrested", the organization denounced, adding that a one-year-old child is among the injured. Some children who were taken to hospital for treatment had head and spinal injuries, UNICEF noted.
    The organization said it has received reports according to which ambulances were prevented from reaching the scene and evacuate the injured and that a clinic there was targeted and searched. The UN organization urged Israeli authorities to abstain from using violence against children and to release the detained minors. It stressed that the detention of minors is a last-resort solution and should be used for the minimum amount of time possible. It also launched an appeal to "all sides involved" to prevent "any further escalation" and "protect all civilians, especially children".(ANSAmed).