Palestinian gunmen killed an elderly Israeli-American who drove into the Bethlehem area. An Israeli police spokesman said the circumstances of the 72-year-old man’s death are under investigation. A Reuters cameraman at the scene of the incident said the man’s car was riddled with bullets and its interior splattered with blood and body parts.
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