A Palestinian youth was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on Wednesday evening at a military checkpoint set up east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli police said in a statement that border cops searched a vehicle driven by a Palestinian youth in his 20s at the Container checkpoint pitched east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli forces claimed that a rifle and ammunition were detected inside the vehicle. The young man was dragged to an Israeli detention center pending intensive questioning.
Meanwhile Israel’s Central Court in Occupied Jerusalem sentenced a Palestinian youth living in the city to 42 years in jail.
The Committee of Jerusalemite Prisoners’ Families identified the youngster as 20-year-old Suheib Afana a native of Sur Baher village south of Occupied Jerusalem.
Afana kidnapped by the Israeli forces on October 27 2016 is currently held in the Beer Sheba prison.
