Fatah Bomb Harms Christian Youth?

Example, of a Purim Gift Basket.

21 March 2008

A bomb hidden in a package was delivered to the home of a Christian pastor in the West Bank and exploded when a teenage son opened it, wounding the youth.

The family and police confirmed Friday that the bomb detonated Thursday at the family's home in Ariel.

Jewish media speculated that the bomb — apparently delivered in one of the gift baskets Jews typically exchange on the Purim holiday that began Thursday night — might have been directed at the family's Christian missionary activities.

News reports identified the injured youth as 16-year-old Amiel Ortiz, son of David Ortiz, a prominent missionary who leads a small Christian congregation in Ariel.

The Jerusalem Post said, he suffered serious shrapnel wounds and burns on his neck and chest.

Employees at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva would not discuss the youth's condition.