U.S. citizen Elan Ganeles has been identified as the person shot to death Monday by a suspected Palestinian gunman in the Israeli occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli foreign ministry.
Israeli officials say Ganeles was killed when a gunman opened fire on several motorists. The attack came a day after two Israeli brothers, Hillel and Yagel Yaniv, were shot and killed in their car.
After that attack Sunday, hundreds of Jewish settlers went on a deadly riot and arson rampage in a nearby Palestinian town where Palestinian Sameh Aqtash was shot and killed.Aqtash, told NPR that Aqtash had recently returned from Turkey where he was volunteering to assist victims of the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6. He said Aqtash was a blacksmith and was standing outside his shop when the rioters approached and he was killed.
As many as 400 Israeli settlers took part in the riots, the Israeli military says. Police say three are being held under house arrest. Since last spring, violence has been building in the West Bank, which Israel captured in 1967 and where Palestinians seek to build an independent state. After Palestinian attacks on Israelis, the Israeli military began months of raids it says target militants but have often killed civilians. Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed covering one raid in May, with Israel saying a soldier likely shot her by mistake.
The Associated Press says 62 Palestinians — about half identified as militants — and 14 Israelis have been killed since the start of the year. The United Nations Security Council plans to discuss the violence today and U.S. officials have called on both sides to restore calm. The U.S. helped lead talks Sunday that produced a
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