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| 5 Israelis die in Namibia plane crash / Neta Sela |
| Light plane crashes into home near Namibian capital Friday afternoon, killing six people; Israeli officials arrive at crash site Saturday, five Israeli passports found at scene; Efforts underway to identify bodies | | Full Article |
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The five executives, who worked out of the Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange and also owned numerous diamond mines and polishing compounds in Namibia, chartered a plane for a Safari trip in the African country Friday afternoon.
The names of those killed in the crash are known only to the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in South Africa. The five Israelis confirmed to have been aboard the light plane, and have officially been declared missing, are Shlomo Zilberberg, the owner of the diamond company, Shmuel Zigdon of Moshav Porat, Amit Cohen, a Netanya resident married only three months ago, Ilan Hadadi, also of Netanya, and Avichai Abarov.
In 1929 the city rabbi Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Zilberberg founded a
yeshiva named "Keter Torah". Rabbi Zilberberg was killed in the Holocaust.
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