Traffic on roads in the Negev has been restricted for a fortnight and the Israel Army is permitting travel only in pairs of heavily armed vehicles.
Meanwhile, Israel has filed still another complaint of Jordan violation of the armistice pact with the Mixed Armistice Commission. The complaint deals with Jordanian troops firing on Israeli workmen near Beit Nefoka, in the Jerusalem are. There were no casualties.
An Israeli spokesman revealed today that Israel had complained to the Israel-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission that a gang of Arab marauders from Syria Saturday stole 52 sheep from Kibbutz Hagoshrim, in Northern Israel.
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