Two trains travelling near the Israel-Jordan demarcation lines in central Palestine were attacked last night from across the Arab line. One locomotive and one car were hit by bullets. The trains were travelling between Haifa and Lydda and between Hadera and Petach Tikvah.
Three Arab shepherds were kidnapped yesterday and were taken, together with 28 camels, across the Jordan line, an Israel spokesman revealed here today. This kidnapping came within the same day that four Israeli policemen on a routine patrol near Irgun Simcha, in central Palestine, were kidnapped by a band of armed Jordanians who forced them across the border into Jordan territory at gunpoint.
Israel lodged a complaint with the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission late yesterday. The Israelis demanded a UN investigation of the incident, as well as the return of the four men and their weapons.
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