British troops and warplanes inflicted 70 casualties today in clashes with Arab rebel bands near Migdal and Safed. Punitive columns searching the vicinity of Tiberias for bandsmen who killed 21 Jews in Sunday’s raid on Tiberias arrested seven terrorists caught in the act of burning several Bedouin tents. Two Jewish youths were arrested for blowing the Shofar near the Wailing Wall, an annual occurrence since a special commission several years ago set up regulations governing use of the disputed wall.
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