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Thirteen Murdered in One Awful Day
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Sunday there was a wave of terrorist attacks from north to south. Israel responded by tightening its closure in Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarm, Kalkilia and Ramallah. However it will continue its easing of the curfew in Bethlehem and Hebron, which have recently been quiet.

Lithuania to Release 52 More Sifrei Torah
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Fifty-two more sifrei Torah and megilos will soon be handed over to the Jewish people by Lithuania, following the transfer of 309 previously undiscovered sifrei Torah scrolls that took place in January, according to Rabbi Abba Dunner, secretary- general of the Conference of European Rabbis.

U.S. Aguda National Leadership Mission To Washington Comes at Opportune Moment
by B. Issaac

Front-page headlines in practically every major American newspaper about criticism of Israel's missile attack on a building housing a Hamas leader, accompanied by graphic photographs of unintended civilian casualties of the attack, formed the unanticipated but poignant background for a two- hour session on "The Media and the Middle East" in Washington this past week.

Suicide Terrorists Deterred by Concern over Family
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Over the past two weeks, two terrorists who had prepared to carry out suicide attacks were arrested by the Israel security apparatus after having reconsidered their original intention due to concern that that their families' houses would be demolished as a result.

HaRav Mordechai Yehuda Friedman, Hy"d
by Betzalel Kahn

HaRav Mordechai Yehuda Friedman, Hy"d, a quiet, modest avreich and one of the important ameilei Torah of the Ger chassidim in Beit Shemesh was murdered in the homicide bombing attack at the Meron Junction.


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