FACT CHECK · DETENTION, TORTURE AND PRISONER SWAPS
Claim: The PLO trained children to use weapons
TRUETHE ANSWER
On record: the PLO's Ashbal ('Lion Cubs') trained children, some as young as 8, from 1969 into the 1980s, to strip, clean and fire rifles and machine guns.
SOURCE
Lion Cubs (Ashbal), Wikipedia; Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 (Refworld)
en.wikipedia.org · refworld.org
en.wikipedia.org · refworld.org
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