Gen. Mordechai Gur, until recently commander of the Northern Command and former commander of the paratroopers who liberated East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, has been named Israeli military attache in Washington, it was announced here. He is replacing Eliyah Zeira, who is returning to a senior position in the Israeli Army, officials said.
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