4 Killed in Mideast Violence; Proposed Summit Is Scrapped
Caretaker Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called off international efforts Thursday to arrange a summit meeting with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, his aides said, citing continuing violence on a day two Israelis and two Palestinians were killed by gunfire.
An Israeli doctor died when Palestinians shot at a car he was driving near the West Bank city of Hebron, the military said. Another Israeli was shot and fatally wounded as he picked up his car from a Palestinian garage near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank.
Also, a Palestinian was shot and killed, apparently by other Palestinians, near his home in the West Bank town of Salfit. Neighbors said he was suspected of collaborating with Israel.
Earlier, a Palestinian man from the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip was killed by Israeli gunfire at the Karni crossing, Palestinians said.
Barak trails rival Ariel Sharon by a wide margin in polls ahead of Tuesday’s prime ministerial election.
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