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1,000 Arabs Cross from Transjordan into Palestine. Report Says

January 30, 1948
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About 1,000 armed Arabs have crossed the frontier into Palestine from Transjordan under the personal command of Prince Tollal, heir presumptive to the throne of Transjordan who opposes his father’s cautious, unaggressive policies, informed sources in Raman reported today.

The underground Haganah radio broadcast tonight a warning to all Arab villages situated in Jewish areas or adjoining Jewish settlements against harboring any Arab bands.

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