An Israeli woman was found brutally murdered in Gaza City as curfews were lifted in the administered territories Sunday morning.
Zvia Gwirtz, 28, a resident of Bat Yam, insisted on visiting an Arab friend in Gaza on Thursday despite warnings by soldiers at the checkpoint that she risked danger.
Her body was found in an orchard in the eastern part of the city.
She was last seen making a telephone call at a grocery shop in the Shajaiya neighborhood, where she reportedly asked after an Arab acquaintance. A vendor said she was picked up by a car a few minutes later.
But police say her murder may not have been political. They believe the woman was having an affair with an Arab resident of Gaza who is married and has children.
The man is considered the prime suspect.
Curfews were imposed Thursday to forestall celebrations on the second anniversary of the Palestinian declaration of independence, which was proclaimed on Nov. 15, 1988 by the Palestine National Council at a meeting in Algiers.
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