The condition of Mrs. Miriam Holtzberg took a turn for the worse today. Doctors at Tel Hashomer Hospital reported that the 22-year-old woman, seriously wounded in the gun battle aboard a hijacked Sabena jet at Lydda Airport last week, was suffering from irregular breathing and was given oxygen. The official hospital bulletin said Mrs. Holtzberg remains on the critical list.
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