The all-Arab town of Nablus, which was hard hit by the recent three-day flood, will receive assistance from the Palestine government, it was announced today.
Government officials refused, for the present at any rate, to make any estimate either as to the loss of life or of property damage, stating that any estimate was impossible for the time being.
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