Israeli officials arrested two alleged members of a terrorist cell believed to have been responsible for a shooting attack on two yeshiva students in Jerusalem’s Old City last year. One of the students, Gabriel Hirschberg, was killed, and the other, Benjamin Gil, was seriously wounded. The two detainees were described as residents of the Old City who worked together in a clothing store there.
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