The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 5, 2012 U.S. Citizen Opens Fire, Kills Hotel Worker in Israel ------------------------------------------------------ A U.S. citizen opened fire at a hotel in Israel Friday, killing an employee before being shot dead by police. The shooter had reportedly been working at the hotel in the resort city of Eilat as part of a program that brings Americans to Israel, but was recently fired from his job. .