Daniel Vargas, a 29-year-old father and husband was shot three times and dumped on a West Bank roadside, apparently by Islamic militants who then fled to Palestinian-controlled territory. He was to be buried in Jerusalem today.

His death touched off angry protests by Israel's right-wing who called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's resignation and said the violence was a harbinger of things to come in the wake of the agreement, which the premier is trying to sell to hardliners in his own government.

Netanyahu easily beat a no-confidence motion yesterday, but mostly due to the backing he received from the dovish Labour Party which he unseated in the 1996 elections.

Near the Jewish settlement of Itamar in the West Bank, Israeli police, acting on an anonymousphone call, discovered the body of a 65-year-old murdered Palestinian man. Police said the caller, who spoke in Hebrew, said the killing had been to avenge, Vargas' death. Police commissioner Yehuda Vilk said it was not clear whether Mohammad Zalmouk died after the Hebron murder or whether the two acts were carried out at about the same time. Police ordered an autopsy and were investigating.

There were no official claims of responsibility in either attack. Radio reports indicated that police were looking for an Israeli suspect. Both Israeli and Palestinian officials worked together on the Hebron murder and Israel media said forces on both sides were on high alert for any further violence in the wake of the killings.