President Chaim Weizmann will leave Monday for Switzerland to undergo treatment for eye ailments from which he has suffered many years.
Prior to his departure, Dr. Weizmann will bestow medals of valor on seven members of the Israeli Army at special ceremonies Sunday, which will be celebrated as Army Day. Posthumous awards will also be presented to the families of four other men who died in action.
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