The World: Israel's Dead Were the Country's Hope

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YOSEF GOTTFREUND, 40, the hefty wrestling referee, had heroically held a door of the Israeli quarters shut, allowing others to escape. A Jerusalem merchant, Gottfreund left a wife and two daughters, one of whom told friends in Jerusalem: "His last act was typical of him; my father was always ready to help others."

YA'ACOV SPRINGER, 52, a weight-lifting referee and emigrant from Poland, was a physical education teacher in a high school in a town near Tel Aviv. When the news of his death reached the town, 700 students, led by the mayor and town council, marched in procession, carrying flags draped in mourning.

KEHAT SHORR, 53, was the coach of the shooting team and a Defense Ministry employee. An emigrant from Rumania, Shorr was regarded as one of Israel's finest marksmen. He left a wife and a married daughter.

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