There are hundreds of new AIDS cases every year in Israel. According to Health Ministry figures released Tuesday ahead of World AIDS Day, 341 Israelis were diagnosed as HIV positive in 2004, among them 96 newborns who contracted the virus from their mothers during pregnancy.
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