An Israeli mother of seven was buried Tuesday after being killed in a Palestinian ambush a day earlier. Esther Galia was killed when Palestinian gunmen fired on her car as she traveled from Jerusalem to her home in Kochav Hashachar, northwest of Jericho.
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