Palestinian sentenced to 12 years in prison for breaking into home and trying to kidnap family members

Haifa District Court sentenced on Monday Murad Ali Hussein, a 24 year-old Palestinian from Qabatiya in the northern West Bank, to 12 years in prison for entering the home of a family in the Avtalion community in the lower Galilee and and trying to kidnap them in order to bring about the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

The homeowners scared off Hussein by firing gunshots, after which he threw Molotov cocktails at cars parked in the community.