In special Arabic broadcasts directed at the 250,000 Arab inhabitants of the Gaza strip, half of them refugees from the 1948 war, the Israel radio announced today that the only authority in the Gaza strip was that of the Israel Army. The Arabs were informed of the collapse of the Egyptian Army in the Sinai Peninsula.
In view of fresh action by Arab fedayeen from Egyptian territory, who killed two civilians inside Israel last night, the radio warned the fedayeen that they were known to the, Israelis by name and would be held accountable for their murderous activities.
It was learned that a number of Gaza inhabitants had fled the strip in small boats, heading for Port Said, the nearest Egyptian port. Other panic-stricken Arab civilians were attempting to escape along the coast toward Egypt.
Israel’s other borders were quiet today, as they have been ever since Sunday night when Israeli forces jumped off into Sinai. (A report from Damascus boasted that a Syrian patrol had entered Israel territory last night and had returned safely to base after carrying out “certain duties.”)
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