A Connecticut native has been identified as the person shot to death Monday by a suspected Palestinian gunman in the Israeli occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli foreign ministry. His death is the latest in a wave of violence that has claimed Israeli and Palestinian lives.
Elan Ganeles of West Hartford, Conn., was visiting Israel for a friend's wedding when he was killed, according to the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. The 27-year-old was shot on a road frequented by international tourists that passes through the West Bank toward the Dead Sea. He recently graduated from Columbia University. He'll be buried in Israel on Wednesday.
