Yaacob Beja, a 37-year-old father of three, died at Shaare Zedek Hospital this morning of burns he suffered when terrorist bombs exploded in the stairwell of his apartment building on Hebron Road in southwest Jerusalem early yesterday morning. Beja was leaving for work at 7 a.m. when he spotted suspicious looking cannisters in the stairwell and was about to return to his flat to call the police when they exploded. He was a partner in a book-binding business a few minutes walk from his home. He immigrated to Israel from Egypt in 1948.
Another victim of the explosion, Mrs. Geula Zartzi, 28, remained in the hospital today for treatment of less serious burns. Police meanwhile are holding 30 suspects out of 100 Arabs who were detained for questioning yesterday in the vicinity of the explosion. Security forces are also searching for the perpetrators in East Jerusalem and on the West Bank.
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