Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli man in a drive-by shooting on a West Bank highway. In retaliation for the slaying of 40-year-old Zohar Shurgi, from Moshav Yafit in the Jordan Valley, Israeli army helicopters pounded Palestinian security targets in the town of Salfit, damaging buildings but causing no casualties.
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