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Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans

IDF soldiers on leave among New Orleans truck attack victims

Woman walks by shrine on wall and ground filled with notes, flowers and gifts
A commemoration for the victims of the terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on 6 January. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Two Israeli military members on leave were critically wounded in the New Year’s Day truck attack on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street and remain hospitalized, according to a diplomatic official from Israel.

Adi Levin and a fellow reservist in the Israel Defense Forces came to New Orleans as part of a six-week trip to the US meant to finish in Florida, said Elad Shoshan, the Israeli consul in Houston.

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