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Granddaughter of Begin, 20, Critically Hurt in 5-Story Leap

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United Press International

The 20-year-old granddaughter of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin jumped from the fifth floor of a building in a suicide attempt, news reports said today.

Mirav Begin, an Israeli soldier, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Israeli newspapers and Israel radio reported.

She jumped from the fifth floor of the building Tuesday in Netanqa, north of Tel Aviv, the reports said.

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The reports did not disclose a reason for the suicide attempt, but they said her father, Binyamin Zeev Begin, had been absent for long periods in the United States because of his research as a geologist.

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