One of the quintuplets born to Tova and Moshe Medina of Sderot last December died yesterday at Hadassah Hospital of a digestive ailment. The infant, a boy, was the smallest of the five. The others are still in hospital incubators. Their condition is reported to be satisfactory. Meanwhile, the Medinas, who were childless before their quintuplets were born, have returned to Sderot, a new development town, where the authorities have placed a large apartment at their disposal.
There will be no Bulletin dated February 17 due to Washington’s birthday, a postal holiday.
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