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Condolences expressed at death of Israeli player

21 Jul 2014

British Swimming and the GBR Water Polo community has expressed condolences to the Israeli national Water Polo team after hearing of the sad news that Bar Rahav has died.

The 21-year old player had captained the Hapoel Kiryat Tivon water polo team to national championship gold and had been selected to play for Israel's national team.

Rahav died at the weekend while serving in the Gaza Strip.   

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