Israel reimposed a blockade around the West Bank town of Bethlehem after an Israeli driver was shot and killed in the area. After being shot, 58-year-old Baruch Cohen, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Efrat, lost control of his car and hit an oncoming truck. Brig. Gen. Benny Gantz, the Israeli commander in the West Bank, said the Palestinian gunmen later fled into Bethlehem.
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