The lab was detonated by the forces in a controlled environment.

Later, three soldiers were wounded, one moderately, when they mounted an explosive device in the old city of Nablus. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to a hospital for additional medical care. The incident happened during nighttime operations in the city which included the seizing of digital material content in 5 offices of the of the "Daawa" foundation which is operated by the Hamas terrorist organization.

The preceding story was provided by the Israel Defense Force

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                   Airport greeting for arriving North Americans
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Olmert greets Nefesh B'Nefesh immigrants
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TEL AVIV (Press Release)—Prime Minister Ehud Olmert earlier this week attended a reception at Ben-Gurion International Airport for approximately 200 new immigrants from the US and Canada.  The immigrants, who arrived with the assistance of the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, will join approximately 2,000 others who arrived during the summer.

Prime Minister Olmert told the immigrants: "Your desire to come here is the best proof of your solidarity and support, and the great commitment you have made to the Jewish People and the State of Israel.  You came here willingly, from countries with high standards of living, but I must tell you that it is not always easy to live here.  We are proud of you and are happy that you have decided  to live with us and I am certain that you will feel uplifted living in the place that you chose.  Welcome and may you all have a good year in your new home"


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Yad Vashem, U.S. Holocaust Museum jointly honor Zamoroko-Lysenko

JERUSALEM (Press Release)--Yevgenia Zamoroko-Lysenko, of the Ukraine, was posthumously honored by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations at a ceremony today.

For the first time, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington DC, hosted the ceremony. Zamoroko-Lysenko’s son Nikolay Zamoroko, a resident of Maryland, accepted the medal and certificate on his mother’s behalf.

In addition to Zamoroko, US Senator Ben Cardin, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Sallai Meridor, Fred S. Zeidman, Chairman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Sara J. Bloomfield, Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Irena Steinfeldt, Director, Department of the Righteous, Yad Vashem participated in the event.

During the Holocaust, Yevgenia Zamoroko-Lysenko lived in Kherson, Ukraine, in Southern Ukraine. She and her roommate, Klavdia Sopova, helped Masha Spivak obtain false identity papers and find a job. They also allowed her to live in their apartment. In April 1942, the hospital at which Masha worked was relocated. Now jobless, Masha was afraid to venture around town looking for another job for fear of being recognized as a Jew. Yevgenia and Klavdia persuaded her to present herself for forced labor in Germany. Masha worked in Germany until liberation in 1945. She moved to Israel in 1948, and passed away in 2001.

In 1963, Yad Vashem embarked upon a worldwide project to grant the title of Righteous Among the Nations to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews.

The preceding story was provided by Yad Vashem during the Holocaust.

Unlike his older brother, this baby boy had his heart fixed before he was born

JERUSALEM (Press  Release)— The birth of a healthy baby boy last week was not an unusual event at Hadassah, but somewhat unusual – and a cause for great celebration – for his mother, father and siblings. Thanks to Hadassah's medical and research team led by Prof. Azaria Rein, Head of the Pediatric Cardiology Unit, the newest addition to their family was born with a healthy heart like his six-year-old brother, but unlike their eight-year-old brother who had a pacemaker implanted immediately after he was born.