A special committee will be set up to investigate the escape Sunday of three Syrian prisoners of war from a POW camp in central Israel, It was announced today. One of the POWs was captured yesterday in Tel Aviv but the search for the other two is continuing. One of the two missing POWs was identified today as Naji Tewfik Abu Salah, a Syrian intelligence agent who served as liaison between certain Druze leaders in the Golan Heights and the intelligence service in Damascus. Salah was captured at the home of Kamel Kanj, a Druze leader. Kanj was also arrested and is facing espionage charges.
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