Another Israel patrol car in the Gaza border region was blasted by a landmine early this morning, shortly before the Israel-Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission condemned Egypt for an earlier mine ambush of an Israel vehicle in which one soldier was killed and a second severely injured.
Today’s incident occurred near Beeri, not far from the Gaza strip demarcation line. One Israel soldier was hurt and the car was wrecked.
Yesterday, Israel border patrols came across a party of Arabs excavating holes in which were to be placed landmines. When they were discovered, the mine layers withdrew, under protective fire from Egyptian military posts across the border.
The MAC today, after assessing blame for the March 27th mine ambush, called upon Egypt to end such acts and noted that the gravity of the situation along the border was aggravated by such incidents. The language of the MAC decision was similar to that of many other cases before and since the February 28 Gaza battle.
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