Israel just freed its youngest Palestinian prisoner

Dima al-Wawi
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Israel just freed a 12-year-old girl believed to be the youngest Palestinian ever imprisoned, the nation's prison service said Sunday.

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Dima al-Wawi pleaded guilty to attempted manslaughter after approaching an Israeli West Bank settlement with a knife in February, The Associated Press reports. She left her more than four-month sentence early after appealing.

The case came as part of seven months of daily violence between Israeli and Palestinian groups.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.