Israeli Is Killed in the West Bank

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JERUSALEM – Palestinian police shot dead one Israeli and wounded four others early Sunday after the Israelis surreptitiously visited a Jewish holy site inside a Palestinian controlled area, according to officials on both sides.

The shooting occurred outside Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus after three carloads of Israeli Jews visited the religious site to pray without coordinating their move through the Israeli army. Twice-monthly trips to the tomb have been organized with army escorts for the past four years without incident.

Palestinian security officials detained Palestinian policemen responsible for the shooting. The dead man was identified as Ben Yosef Livnat, a 24-year-old father of four from Jerusalem and a nephew of Limor Livnat, Israel’s Minister of Culture and Sport from the Likud Party. An aide to the minister confirmed the identity.

After the shooting, Palestinian youths set small fires outside the tomb. Israeli and Palestinian security officials extinguished them and restored order. A joint investigation into the day’s events was under way.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/world/middleeast/25mideast.html