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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

[Sunday Evening November 3, 2013] A number of Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian home in the Bab Hatta neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped two children, after violently searching their home.

Resident Amer Es’eed said that dozens of soldiers broke into his home and thoroughly searched it and its exterior, and kidnapped his sons Obaida, 15, and Othman, 14.

Es’eed added that the soldiers confiscated some cleaning materials from the house, and took his sons to the Al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility in the city.

The man further said that the soldiers violently attacked him, his brother Yasser, and his son Suleiman, and ordered him to head to the Al-Maskobiyya for interrogation on Monday.

Es’eed added that his son Obaida spent five months in an Israeli prison, and was only released ten days ago.

In related news, Israeli police officers forced shops and stores in Al-Wad Market Street and Al-Attareen Street, in the Old City, to close their stores as extremist Israeli settlers marched into the Old City.

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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Sunday arrested two teenagers after raiding their house in Bab Hutta neighborhood in the old city of Jerusalem.

Amer Iseed said that a large army unit raided his house, thoroughly searched it, and arrested his sons, Obeida, 15, and Othman, 13. They were taken to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation center.

Iseed added that he, his brother Yaser, and his nephew Sulaiman were assaulted during the raid, while Sulaiman was ordered to visit the Israeli intelligence Monday.

Obeida was released 10 days ago after spending five months in Israeli jails, he added.