Gulf tensions claimed their first fatality in Israel, where citizens concerned about a possible Iraqi missile attack are flocking to distribution centers to obtain gas masks. A 35-year-old mother of seven was killed in Tel Aviv when she fell four floors after trying to retrieve gas masks for her children from an apartment from which her family had been evicted. The woman, who was four months pregnant, had entered the apartment from a neighbor’s balcony and fell after she was unable to locate the masks.
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