One Israeli soldier was killed and another seriously wounded during a one-hour clash between a Syrian position near Gonen in Upper Galilee and an Israeli patrol which had apparently entered a few yards into Syrian territory by mistake, the Israel Army spokesman announced today.
The Israeli unit, on a routine patrol, was met with fierce fire from the Syrian position which lasted a full hour. One member of the unit was killed and another seriously wounded, was at first reported missing but later crawled back into Israeli territory where he was treated for his wounds.
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