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Israeli man shot dead on trip to swim in spring

June 25, 2015 11:46
Shot: Danny Gonen

By

Anshel Pfeffer,

Anshel Pfeffer

1 min read

Over a thousand people attended the funeral of Danny Gonen on Sunday after the Israeli was shot at point blank range by a Palestinian near the West Bank settlement of Dolev.

Mr Gonen and his friend, Netanel Hadad, were intending to go for a swim in the Ein Bubin spring north of Jerusalem on Friday when they decided to turn back after seeing only Palestinians there.

Walking back, they were accosted by a Palestinian man who drew a hand-gun and shot and killed Mr Gonen , a 25-year-old resident of Lod, and lightly wounded his friend.

Israeli president Reuven Rivlin went to the Gonen family home in Lod on Monday to offer his condolences.

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