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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
200 homeless Jerusalemites lack shelter
Jerusalem’s municipality estimates that 200 homeless residents, known to city workers, are seeking shelter from the storm.
Most can’t be located, according to Army Radio, because they have left the streets for shelters or other locations to escape the storm.
“We’re going to search for them,” a social worker with the Elem organization tells Army Radio. “Some are in abandoned buildings. Some don’t understand what’s happening. Some have to be convinced” to come in from the cold, she explains.
“We sometimes reach the point where we are borderline dragging them [indoors] by force. We really don’t want anyone to die from exposure.”
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