A military tribunal in Nablus imposed 30 years imprisonment today on the leader of an El Fatah gang which was captured in caves in the Nablus area. Eleven members were given terms of from five to 15 years. The group, which infiltrated into the West Bank from Syria via Jordan, had orders to carry out many attacks but was able only to engage Israel forces in shooting affrays before the members were captured.
An Israeli soldier was slightly injured when his patrol intercepted an El Fatah intruder group near Elath. One of the intruders was killed in an exchange of fire. Two companions escaped across the Jordanian border.
Earlier in the evening, Israeli naval vessels observed two Jordanian speedboats seeking to approach the Elath port from Akaba, the nearby Jordanian port on the Gulf of Akaba. The Israeli sailors fired a number of machine gun bursts in the direction of the speedboats which turned back.
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