The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) late Sunday took over the investigation into last Friday’s shooting attack which left 25 year old Danny Gonen dead and his friend wounded. The attack took place near the settlement of Dolev, near Ramallah, as the two men were driving in their car towards the Parsa junction, where a Palestinian man flagged them down and spoke briefly with them before pulling out a pistol and firing several shots. Gonen was buried in his hometown of Lod Saturday evening, while his friend remains hospitalized in moderate condition. Although the Islamist terror militia Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack, police cautioned that until a suspect is in custody that remains unconfirmed. Meanwhile, an Israeli Border Police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian man near the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning. Read More
