Israel submitted to the United Nations Security Council today a second letter dealing with a Jordanian attack Tuesday on Israeli workers repairing a patrol track near Mount Hebron in which two Israeli soldiers were killed.
In the letter today, Israel reported that work was resumed today on the track in the presence of U.N. military observers stationed on both sides of the Israel-Jordan demarcation line, in accordance with a proposal from the chairman of the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission. The letter added that notice of the planned resumption had been given in advance to Jordanian authorities through the MAC. The letter added that repair of the track was completed in two hours “without further incident or Jordanian interference.”
The letter, signed by Ambassador Michael S. Comay, Israel’s permanent representative, noted that the MAC “has not yet considered the Israeli complaint regarding the murderous and unprovoked Jordanian attack” Tuesday. Israel, in its first letter, charged Jordan with a “gross violation” of the armistice agreement. Israel did not ask for a meeting of the Security Council for either letter, requesting only that they be circulated as Security Council documents.
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