Jordanian, Arab-Israeli women die on way to Haj

MAKKAH, 12 February — Two women, a Jordanian and an Arab-Israeli, have died on their way to Makkah for Haj, Petra news agency reported yesterday. Jordanian pilgrim Zakiya Abdel Kader Qalla and Arab-Israeli pilgrim Tammam Radwan Khalil Ghazawi died during the overland trip to Saudi Arabia. Ghazawi died of a “severe lung infection,” Petra said, giving no details of the other death.