An Arab and a Jew have been injured in an encounter which took place yesterday on Jewish land in the Wady Havarit area, it is reported to-day in an official communique.
Cattle belonging to Arabs were found eating hay cut on land owned by Jews. A Jewish watchman named Chaim Harmani asked the Arab shepherds to drive off their cattle, but they refused to do this and started beating him. The Jews thereupon fired their shot guns into the air with the intention of frightening off the assailants, and a pellet lodged in the neck of one of the Arab shepherds. The Medical officer who has treated the wounded, has ordered the Arab shepherd to rest for five days, and the Jewish watchman for ten days.
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