Moshe Kashti, the managing director of the Zim Lines, Israel’s national shipping company, died here of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 57. Mr. Kashti’s body will be transferred to Israel tomorrow for burial. He was stricken while attending a Bar Mitzvah party for the son of the Israeli military attache. Mr. Kashti was born in Poland. Before Joining the Zim Lines several years ago he served as director general of the Defense Ministry.
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