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'Angel of Death' Was Chasing After Waxman, Family Feared
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Forward
10-21-1994
`Angel of Death' Was Chasing After Waxman, Family Feared.
NEW YORK -- For weeks, Nachshon Waxman's family had feared he was being pursued by the Angel of Death.
"His best friend in the Army was recently shot and killed," says Tzvi Odzer, a cousin of Nachshon, the Israeli soldier who was kidnapped by Islamic militants and then executed during a failed rescue attempt last Friday. "Some were saying the Malach HaMaves [Angel of Death...
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