The city chimes rang out a medley of Hebrew songs last Thursday in Antwerp to greet the arrival of six Israelis, blinded in action in the Yom Kippur War. The six former soldiers have been invited to spend the week in Belgian homes before returning to Israel. They came to Europe for the Duisburg (Germany) athletic games.
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