Two Palestinians teenagers were kidnapped on Tuesday at midday by Israeli troops at a checkpoint near the Ibrahim mosque (Tomb of Patriarchs) in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Israeli soldiers kidnapping a Palestinian man near Hebron � Photo by IMEMC�s Ghassan Bannoura 2008
Army radio announced that the two teenagers have confessed they were planning to stab soldiers with a knife.
Palestinian media sources reported the two boys were stopped at the checkpoint, kidnapped by soldiers and taken to an unknown military base. They were identified as Mohanid Qafisha, 15, and Ameen Iskafi, 17.
