The United Arab Republic Supreme Security Court has sentenced four persons to death as Israeli spies, a cable from Cairo reported today.
Two others were sentenced to prison and a seventh was acquitted of the charges. The seven suspects were arrested last week in the Gaza Strip area in what UAR officials called the disclosure of “an Israeli spy ring.”
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