The last three months of terrorism have claimed a toll of 833 persons killed and 926 wounded, according to statistics made public here today. The dead included 637 Arabs, 160 Jews, 28 British nationals and eight foreigners.
Continued mobilization by the authorities of Jewish Ghaffir (special policemen) has intensified a labor shortage felt in some Jewish enterprises.
One Jewish immigrant from Germany was killed and another was seriously injured yesterday in attacks on two buses. Jacob Spiegenthal, 40, was slain when a bus was fired upon near Ramleh. Gershon Perl, 23, was wounded when a second bus was shot at near Ataroth.
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