Update: Arrest made in attack on Christian family


Yaakov "Jack" Teitel
Photo from Shin Bet

A suspect has finally been arrested for the March 2008 bomb attack in the Jewish settlement town of Ariel that severely injured Ami Ortiz, the teenage son of a Messianic pastor (read the story). Yaakov "Jack" Teitel (37), an American-born man reportedly behind a number of other deadly terror attacks over the past decade, was arrested on October 7. Leah Ortiz, Ami's mother, told the Jerusalem Post, "We are relieved that a suspect has been arrested for the attempted murder which took place in our home a year and a half ago. As a family the past year and a half has been a struggle in every way."

Please pray for Ami as he continues to heal from the brutal bomb attack. For more information on the opposition facing Christians in Palestine, click here.

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Palestine Profile

Location
Asia

Population
4,225,710

Ethnicity (%)

Religion (%)
Muslim (87.69), Jewish (8.50), Other (2.20), Christian (1.61)

Leadership
President Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank
Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement in Gaza Strip

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