An 18-year-old yeshiva student moderately wounded in a Feb. 5 stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City is in better condition, according to hospital officials. Yosef Lifon was stabbed in the back while jogging in the Old City and had to have a kidney removed. Police are continuing to investigate.
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