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		Mohammed Salum resting in a hospital bed after being critically hurt in a Katyusha attack in Haifa last summer's war. (Moran Maayan / Jini)

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Haifa man dies of critical wounds sustained during Lebanon war

By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent

Mohammed Salum, 41, died on Wednesday from critical wounds he sustained in a Katyusha rocket strike on Haifa during last summer's Second Lebanon War.

Salum's passing brings the the death toll from the war with Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah to 153 on the Israeli side.

Salum was critically wounded when a Katyusha rocket hit his family's home on Caesarea Street in the mostly Arab neighborhood of Wadi Nisnas. Salum suffered serious burns all over his body. The doctors fought for his life from the moment he arrived at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, and he had been kept in the hospital's intensive care unit since.

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Munira, Salum's sister was by his bedside since the incident. "There were weeks when we felt that his condition may be improving and he was beginning to recover. My mother and I thought that he was coming back to us and we even made sure to modify the house in order to cater to his needs, removing staircases and enabling wheelchair access, but over the last week his condition worsened and we slowly felt that we were losing him," she said.

Salum's family also criticized the state's handling of their situation. "We still haven't received authorization for a new house, or compensation for the house that was destroyed," Munira said. "We are renting now, and every month we begin the process of obtaining authorization for compensation all over again, as if we are responsible for what happened. Now we are left without a brother and without a home."

The funeral procession will depart on Thursday at 4 P.M. from the spot where the Katyusha struck Salum. He was survived by a mother, a sister and three brothers.

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1.	Big problem with these Israeli Arabs	02:29	\|	Somebody	30/08/07

2.	CONGRATULATIONS HIZB`ALLAH AND FRIENDS	02:33	\|	Brant	30/08/07

3.	My condolences to his family	05:20	\|	Lynn	30/08/07

4.	Should they sue Hezbollah?	05:31	\|	Murray of Montreal	30/08/07

5.	A touching story...until the end.	05:35	\|	Yered Shmuel	30/08/07

6.	Hezbulla	06:28	\|	Abu Yusuf	30/08/07

7.	A dead innocent man.Hesballah liked to call them "martyrs"	07:05	\|	PETER SM	30/08/07

8.	Yet, another victim of Hizballah/Iran - an Arab civilian from the	07:20	\|	Ilanit	30/08/07

9.	Tragedy piled upon tragedy	08:35	\|	sh	30/08/07

10.	The latest casualty from last year`s war.	08:43	\|	sandra chitayat	30/08/07

11.	I used to ride on the same bus with the sister for 2 years	09:19	\|	Jew from Haifa	30/08/07

12.	sh, Olmert had nothing to do with this killing, nor has had	09:41	\|	Ruti	30/08/07

13.	Bet he never thought his friends would blow him up	09:54	\|	Efox	30/08/07

14.	re: sh	09:56	\|	Efox	30/08/07

15.	Where are Durson, Clickfool or Hannah?	13:08	\|	Mark Greenbaum	30/08/07

16.	Ruti	13:33	\|	sh	30/08/07

17.	Clickfool`s selective vision - answer #15	13:33	\|	Mike	30/08/07

18.	Arab died a result of Arab attack	13:45	\|	Hilda	30/08/07

19.	41, a muslim, and no married? Man, what is this ?!!!	13:49	\|	An angry Arab	30/08/07

20.	sh, note what I wrote: Olmert had nothing to do with	14:06	\|	Ruti	30/08/07

21.	#1 - Big problem with these bigots	14:15	\|	Israeli	30/08/07

22.	Will he be added to the Lebanese or Israeli dead list?	15:39	\|	Zalman Shapiro	30/08/07

23.	Ruti`s repetition	15:50	\|	sh	30/08/07

24.	Consolations to his family	16:04	\|	Nik Miller	30/08/07

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