An Israeli security guard at a power station was killed in the Israeli- controlled portion of Hebron. Army officers said the man, identified as Dan Vargas, 29, was shot at close range before his body was dumped on a roadside from a speeding car. A father of one, Vargas was expecting a second child. Hours after his murder, police found the body of a Palestinian man near the West Bank settlement of Itamar. The body was found after police received an anonymous phone call from a Hebrew-speaking man who said a Palestinian had been killed and his body left near Itamar to avenge the Hebron slaying.
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