Esther Pollack, 16, one of the 46 people injured in last Tuesday’s bus bomb blast, died of her injuries over the weekend, thus bringing the death toll to five. Her sister, Nurit Pollack, 14, was one of the four killed when the bus exploded. The other three killed were Eti Adi, 11, Yehuda Kaplan, 77, and Lasslo B. Danisky, 50. All were from Jerusalem.
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