Israel troops storm home in Jerusalem, kidnap youth, steal jewellery

Palestine Information Centre, Jerusalem

Joint forces of the Israeli army, police and special units blasted their way into the home of a Palestinian Jerusalemite on Thursday in Enata village east of occupied Jerusalem, took away his son and stole his wife’s golden ornaments.

Mother of the abducted youth said that the pre-dawn raid took place while all were asleep except her because she was preparing for traveling to Jordan on Friday to attend a wedding.

She said that the intruders blasted the door of the house using dynamite and searched through it before taking away her son.

She added that none of the family members were allowed to accompany the soldiers in their search, which ended with the disappearance of all her gold jewelry, weighing 400 grams, along with 25,000 Jordanian Dinars (around 35,000 dollars), which she and her husband were saving to pay as a first installment for the purchase of a new house.

Full article at PIC August 21st, 2008