Israel deported the widow of a Palestinian terrorist to her native Croatia. Mariam Melhem was deported to Croatia on Tuesday. She was arrested in November when her husband, Iyad Sawalha, a leader of Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, was killed by Israeli troops, according to the Jerusalem Post.
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