(JTA) — Israel recorded its 12th death related to swine flu.
A 4-year-old girl died in an Afula hospital on Thursday night, Israel Radio reported.
It was not clear if swine flu was the prevailing factor as the girl was suffering from other ailments, but it was a contributing factor, the radio quoted hospital officials as saying.
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