Jacob Avital, member of the Habima Hebrew Dramatic Ensemble, died yesterday of injuries received when a bus carrying the troupe to Tiberias turned over Sunday.
Other members of the troupe, all of whom were hurt and one of them seriously injured, were reported at the hospital as improving.
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