The 27-year-old was in Israel for a friend’s wedding when he was gunned down while driving, according to the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.
Friends described him as welcoming, funny, helpful and “eccentric in the best possible way” in interviews with CBS.Elan Ganeles was shot in the Israeli-controlled West Bank when two men opened fire on his car.“Elan Ganeles was a New Yorker. His loss is a tragedy,” he said in a statement
“His generation deserves a world free of terror, a world where we stand up in the face of hate and reject the forces who divide us.”He served in the Israeli Defense Force from 2016 to 2018 and will be buried in the country on Wednesday. “Elan’s love for the Jewish people and Israel led him to volunteer in his local community and to serve in the IDF,” the Jewish Federations of North America said in a statement. “A recent college graduate, Elan had a bright future ahead of him. Our hearts go out to his family and to the West Hartford community and we cry together with them.”
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