Israeli security forces arrested eight persons from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip today on suspicion of organizing a group to carry out acts of terrorism and sabotage. Members of the gang are believed to be responsible for a number of hand grenade incidents in the Khan Yunis area including one thrown into the UNRWA offices there in Nov. 1971.
President Zalman Shazar today unveiled the plaque at the entrance to an 80,000 tree forest in Jerusalem’s northern suburbs dedicated to him by Jewish National Fund members in 15 countries. In the presence of Premier Golda Meir and several hundred new immigrants, Shazar said the forest was the “best possible gift he could receive as his term of Presidency drew to its close.”
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