Waves of Israeli jets blasted Egyptian positions in the Suez Canal zone for 12 hours today as heavy ground and air fighting flared on the Syrian front for the second day. A military spokesman said the targets in the canal zone were artillery and anti-aircraft gun emplacements and fortified positions. All planes returned safely to their bases. Cairo claimed one Israeli Skyhawk jet shot down. Fourteen Israeli soldiers were wounded today and one of them, a girl, died of her wounds as Israeli forces battled Syrian artillery and tank guns in the Golan Heights and the Al Hamma area. The girl was 18 year-old Dorit Shaked, of Haifa, who was fatally wounded during a Syrian attack on Nahal Geshor in the Golan Heights this morning. Another Israeli soldier, Corp. David Allalouf, 24, of Haifa, was killed yesterday afternoon in a Syrian artillery and tank attack near Kuneitra on the cease-fire line.
A military spokesman said Syrian forces initiated the fighting along the demarcation line yesterday and today in order to take pressure off Egyptian forces on the Suez Canal front. Israeli jets were called into action twice today to silence Syrian batteries in the northern Golan Heights and in the Hispin, Rafid and Kuneitra areas. All planes returned safely to their bases. The Syrians opened fire at 10:20 a.m. local time on Israeli forces and settlements in the Heights. They also attacked near El Hamma, the junction of the Israeli, Syrian and Jordanian borders. Yesterday Syrians used 130 mm. Russian-made artillery pieces to shell Nahal Golan near Kuneitra.
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