A Jewish plainclothesman, Zvee Jacob Flesh, was shot to death today in front of his home in the settlement of Ramath Gan near Tel Aviv. An unknown assassin fired five bullets into Flesh’s body. The policeman, who was 25, was brought to Palestine from Germanyten years ago by the Youth Aliyah.
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