Israel fears as many as 70 of its citizens may have perished in the Southeast Asian tsunami. The Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that witness testimony suggested at least a dozen of some 500 Israeli tourists still unaccounted for in Thailand, Sri Lanka and India may have been swept out to sea and drowned.
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