Explosion Rocks Israeli Hospital; No Injuries; Damage Great

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January 15, 1952

TEL AVIV (Jan. 14)

A gas explosion today caused considerable damage at the Beilinson Hospital. in which Acting President Joseph Sprinzak is a patient. No one was hurt by the blast, but the X-ray room was destroyed and the operating theatre damaged.

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