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State Department says Israeli man killed in Jericho shooting was a US citizen
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Troops and medics at the scene of a shooting attack near Jericho in the West Bank, and damage caused to a car in which an Israeli man was fatally hurt, February 27, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90; Rescuers Without Borders)
US State Department Spokesman Ned Price reveals that the 27-year-old Israeli man killed in a terror shooting earlier this evening near the West Bank city of Jericho was an American citizen.
“We condemn the horrific killing of two Israeli brothers near Nablus (yesterday) and the killing today of an Israeli near Jericho,” Price says during the daily press briefing.
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides issues a confirmation of his own, tweeting, “I pray for his family.”
The victim’s name has not been released to the press.
