American Woman Killed in Israel

An American tourist was stabbed to death in Israel Saturday while hiking in a forest near Jerusalem. The woman, Kristine Luken, was part of an evangelical ministry that sought to promote Christianity among Jews. Her companion on the hike played dead while the assailants attacked Luken. “My friend was dying,” she said. “I heard her making gurgling sounds.” She has said that the assailants were two Arab men armed with what appeared to be a bread knife.