An Israeli woman died of injuries suffered in an Oct. 26 suicide bombing in Hadera. The 66-year-old woman, who died over the weekend, became the sixth fatality of the attack on the town’s marketplace. The bombing was carried out by Islamic Jihad.
The family of a Palestinian boy accidentally killed by Israeli troops plan to donate his organs to Jews and Arabs alike. Ahmed Khatib, 11, was shot Nov. 3 after soldiers scouring the West Bank city of Jenin for terrorists mistook his toy gun for a real weapon. Khatib’s family said that they decided to donate his organs to whomever needs them, including Israeli patients.
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