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Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The body of 52-year-old Esther Horgen, a resident of the settlement of Tal Menashe, was found Sunday overnight in the Reihan forest in the northern West Bank after family members reported that she had not returned home from a run. Police suspect the killing was politically motivated. Security officials are concerned the killing will trigger other terrorist attacks as well as retaliatory acts by settlers aimed at Palestinians. Israeli defense officials said they have recorded at least 13 attacks on Palestinians or vandalism of Palestinia...

One Israeli police officer tripped while chasing the suspect and was lightly injured. In recent years, lone Palestinian attackers, usually not connected to organized militant groups, have been accused in a string of alleged stabbings, shootings and car rammings against Israeli security forces or Jewish settlers in the West Bank. Palestinians and rights groups often accuse Israeli security forces of using excessive force. Tensions were running high Monday after an Israeli settler was killed Sunday night in a forest in the West Bank. Israeli authorities said they were investigating the inciden...