[1] Ohana, a civilian social worker from Beit Shean, was riding in a private vehicle driven by an army officer at the time of the attack.
[5][7] Israel immediately imposed a curfew on Dahariya, permitting residents to leave their houses only during a 2-hour period each day as police sought clues to the identity of the perpetrators.
The penalty was upheld on appeal on the grounds that it is the "duty and right" of the Military Commander "to protect all people using public roads, Jews and Arabs alike; given the plague of throwing stones.
"[2] Addressing the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, General Rafael Eitan is reported to have urged that "for every stone that the Arabs throw in the West Bank, ten new settlements should be built.
[citation needed] Five years later, during the First Intifada, a Jewish civilian, Vardi Bamberger, 25, of Pesagot, was severely injured when rocks were thrown at the vehicle in which she was riding at the same spot where Ester Ohana was killed.