The United Nations Children Fund, or UNICEF, is accusing Israel of systematically abusing Palestinian children in military custody. In a new report, UNICEF says Israeli forces have subjected detained Palestinian youths to “to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” as defined by the U.N. Convention Against Torture. UNICEF special representative Jean Gough unveiled the report’s findings.

Jean Gough: “We identified a pattern of ill-treatment when children are in military custody, and what we see is that this happens in the first 48 hours. Imagine a child sitting in front of an interrogator without sleeping. So that’s very hard on the child, and that’s difficult for him. So this is where we want to make the changes to make sure that that doesn’t happen.”

According to UNICEF figures, Israel arrests and interrogates around 700 Palestinian children aged 12 to 17 each year.