Marauders from Jordan penetrated Israel territory early this morning and ambushed traffic along the highway south of Meggido and blasted two buildings in the border village of Avuka. An Israel military spokesman charged that Jordan, and the other Arab states surrounding Israel, have granted bases of operations for Egyptian raiding parties.
The raid on Avuka, carried out by Egyptian raiders according to the Israel spokesman resulted in a water pump and a carpentry shop being demolished by dynamite. The ambushing of truck traffic resulted in the wounding of one driver and the holing of several trucks. Israel troops, tracking the raiders back toward the Jordan border, found four other positions along the highway prepared for ambush parties.
Two Israelis died during the week-end in Jordanian infiltrator raids on settlements in the Jerusalem corridor. In several incidents this week-end along the Syrian front, the Israel settlements of Kibbutz Dan and Govrin were fired upon by Syrian troops and returned the compliments. No Israelis were hurt.
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