Jerusalem: The Jerusalem District Court sentenced a Palestinian from east Jerusalem on Wednesday to 30 years in prison for attempting to cause several gas leaks in homes of Jews in Jerusalem.

According to the court's protocol, released by the Israeli Court Authority spokesperson, Aziz Awisat, 49, from Jabel Mukabar neighbourhood, was sentenced to 30 years in prison over nine charges of attempted murder as he tried to cause gas leaks in Jews' apartments in Jerusalem, as well as for another attempted murder in 2012.