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Friday June 21, 1996

U.N. to pay damages to Israelis

JERUSALEM (JPS) -- The United Nations has agreed to compensate four Israeli claimants for damages incurred during the Gulf War,
Other claimants might also eventually receive compensation, however, because the current decision dealt only with claims of up t

According to the Justice Ministry, over 90 Israelis submitted claims to the United Nations

However, a ministry spokeswoman said she did not know how many of these claims were for less than $100,000, and therefore she did not yet know how many had been rejected.

All together, the four claimants were awarded a total of $38,710, according to the ministry.

Altogether, the U.N. committee received 62,337 claims in the under-$100,000 category.

The ministry did not know how many of these claimants the United Nations decided to compensate.

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