Assailants kill IDF reserve colonel in northern Jordan Valley ; woman escapes, says 2 Palestinians wielding ax, iron bars attacked couple ; security forces do not immediately deem incident act of terror. An IDF reserve colonel Sariya Ofer was killed on Thursday night and his girlfriend wounded in an attack in the northern Jordan Valley region, an IDF spokesperson confirmed for The Jerusalem Post. According Ofer’s partner, Monique Omer, the couple, both in their 50’s, heard noises outside their home, located near the West Bank moshav Shadmot Mehola.