One wintry evening in December, 34-year-old Mohammed (not his real name) returned from his job at a construction material plant. He brought his children pizza, took a shower and lay down to rest. During the evening, friends asked him to come outside and sit with them in the yard of his home in central Israel. Shortly after they got together, they heard shouting and then gunfire.
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