New York Times · 28 March 1983
CP-1983-009
Hundreds Fall Sick in West Bank; Poison Suspected

Transcribed from the clipping
“Hundreds fall sick in West Bank; poison suspected.”
Context added by this archive
The 1983 mass illness among West Bank schoolgirls, printed while the cause was still unknown.
Cite this item
"Hundreds Fall Sick in West Bank; Poison Suspected," New York Times, 28 March 1983. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1983-009. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1983-009
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