2 Sisters Die in Room Sealed With Plastic

Two elderly Israeli Arab sisters were found dead in a room they had sealed against a possible Iraqi chemical missile attack, and police were checking whether they suffocated.

It would be the second case of its kind involving a sealed room. A mother and her two teenage sons, also Israeli Arabs, were found dead two weeks ago.

Police said the bodies of the women bore no signs of violence. The room in the town of Shfaram was sealed with plastic sheeting, but police could not determine whether the women suffocated until a forensic examination was completed.