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Due to the efforts of Rav Shachar Fireman, who is in charge of Kever Rochel, measures were taken this week to boost security, increasing the height of a security perimeter fence to make it more difficult to hurl explosives and rocks from the PA (Palestinian Authority) side of the fence.

Rabbi Tzvi Uziyahu, one of the rabbonim of Mosdos Kever Rochel explains “Despite the increase [in attacks], hundreds of persons are arriving daily at Kever Rochel to be mispallel. The rav has a special word of thanks and appreciation for border police and others involved in securing the site.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: מוסדות רחל אמנו)