Israeli security officials said they are making progress in finding those responsible for Monday’s slaying of an Arab man in the West Bank. Mohammed Zalmouk, 72, was beaten to death with a rock in an olive grove near the settlement of Itamar. Investigators are examining the possibility that the murder came in retaliation for the Hebron slaying of Jewish settler Danny Vargas.
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