Egyptian suicide squads continued their terroristic activities today within Israel territory, blowing up water installations in a number of settlements near the Gaza strip. They also blew up the recently inaugurated Tel Aviv Beersheba railway line at two points north of Beersheba.
A number of fedayeen were captured this morning in the Lachish area, bringing the total of captured or killed Arab commandos to 16. Three Israeli soldiers were wounded today when their car hit a mine near Kibutz Magen, in the Gaza strip area. One Israel was killed and two wounded by fedayeen in the Gaza vicinity and south of Beersheba during the night.
The fedayeen dynamited the water installations in the settlements of Gvulot; Tkuma, Tzur Maon, Magen and Nir-Oz, all near the Gaza strip, during the night. They also blew up electricity installations for a well at Gvar Am. The settlement of Nirim, in the Gaza area, was fired upon today from the Egyptian side, but no casualties were reported. Albert Grand, United Nations truce commission spokesman, said today that no reply has been received from Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser to the request for an immediate halt of commando raids, addressed to him last week-end by UN truce chief Maj. Gen. Burns. Western diplomats here are watching with interest the move which the Egyptian Premier will make with regard to this request, in view of the fact that there is great irritation in Israel over the continued terrorism by the Egyptian commandos many miles beyond the border.
An Israeli courts martial yesterday imposed the death sentence on an Egyptian member of the “fedayeen” bands, who was captured at the beginning of the year. The severe penalty on the marauder, Moussalem Abdul Karin, was decided upon in view of the fact that he was taken captive with Sten gun ammunition in his possession and because he confessed that he had been sent to Israel to perform terrorist activities.
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