The Dutch government announced last week that Dutch war victims whose applications for government indemnities have not yet been processed will receive monthly advance payments of $500. The government said the victims would also receive advance reimbursement for all medical expenses.
There are approximately 15,000 applicants for government grants, of which about a half are Jews. Considerable delay has been caused in processing the applications because when the indemnities law was passed in 1971, the government estimated the eligible applicants at only 4000.
A female and a male Israeli soldier were killed today as their military truck overturned in the Eilat area. The cause of the accident which injured 12 others, one seriously, is being investigated. The dead soldiers were not immediately identified.
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