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Shimshon Mordechai, 68, named as second victim of stabbing-ramming terror attack
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Shimshon Mordechai, 68, from Beit She'an. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
The second victim killed in the terror attack in northern Israel is named by Hebrew-language media as Shimshon Mordechai, 68, from Beit She’an, a city near the West Bank’s northern border.
The first victim, identified as 19-year-old Aviv Maor from Kibbutz Ein Harod, was stabbed to death near a bus stop on Route 71, apparently while attempting to hitchhike.
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