Police in Tel Aviv today raided the offices of the “Keren Tel Hai,” Revisionist fund raising organization, and arrested one employee. No explanation for the raid was given.
Meanwhile, a military court here began trying Avtalion Iyov, 23, who is charged with placing explosives in steel boxes in a parking space in Jaffa, which destroyed several trucks. When Iyov was picked up in Tel Aviv he had a loaded Italian pistol on him. The accused terrorist is a diamond polisher and a member of a prominent Jerusalem family.
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