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Prayer Book's Olive Wood Cover Saves Medic From Jordanian Sniper Fire in 1948
How 3 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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First reported by Ynet · 12 hours ago
What happened
A prayer book with an olive wood cover saved the life of medic Moshe Kamara from a Jordanian sniper's bullet in 1948. The artifact, which stopped the bullet near the phrase "a king who causes death and gives life," was recently donated to the Gush Etzion archive.
- 01A prayer book's cover saved a medic from a sniper's bullet in 1948.
- 02The bullet stopped near the phrase "a king who causes death and gives life."
- 03The artifact was recently donated to the Gush Etzion archive.
- 04The medic retrieved the book after it was taken by a Jordanian soldier.
- 05The incident occurred during the battle for the Russian Monastery.
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