The Israel Army today announced completion of the largest mopping-up operation it has yet conducted in the Negev.
In a ten-day operation, troops cordoned off an 875-square-mile area in search of marauding Bedouin bands. Traffic between the Egyptian-held Gaza strip and Trans-Jordan-occupied Hebron was interrupted. Ten Arabs were killed in clashes with the Jewish troops and a considerable quantity of stolen livestock was recovered as the Arabs fled to the Sinai Peninsula, whence they infiltrated Israel territory. This is the third such operation in a month.
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