The next-to-last Afghan Jew will be buried in Israel. Yitzhak Levi’s remains were sent to Uzbekistan on Tuesday, the first stop on a journey to Israel, the Red Cross said. Levi succumbed to complications from diabetes in Kabul recently.
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