An Israeli man, 53, was killed in a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Ofra early Sunday morning. Zion David, a resident of Givat Ze'ev and father of six, was apparently driving to work in the area when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle about 500 meters north of Ofra. He was hit in the head by the gunfire and lost control of the vehicle, which then flipped over. "We arrived at the scene and found a vehicle overturned in a ditch," a Magen David Adom paramedic told Israel Radio. "When we went into the ditch we found a man wounded by gunfire, which caused the vehicle to overturn, and killed him at the scene."
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Both Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack. Pinchas Wallerstein, head of the local council, told Israel Radio that such attacks were no surprise in light of the current visit by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Eyewitnesses said that shots were fired on the vehicle from both sides of the road. The gunmen also fired at another Israeli vehicle, but no one was injured in this attack. Israel Defense Forces troops were operating in the nearby village of Silwad, where the gunmen were believed to have fled. |