A 64-year-old Israeli meat dealer was shot to death in the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon. The Israel Defense Force immediately launched a search for the killers.
David Cohen of Moshav Ta’ashur in the Negev was waylaid as he drove away from a slaughterhouse near the Jabalya refugee camp. His assailants fired two bullets into his head at close range.
Cohen left a wife, 14 children and grand-children. His family said they had not known he was driving alone to Jabalya. Military officers said he had no business going to an area that is unsafe for Israelis.
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