“There is not a word of truth” in charges made by Syria to Secretary General Kurt Waldheim that Israeli soldiers fired at Syrian, civil police in the area of separation on the Golan Heights, Israel told Waldheim last night.
In a letter to Waldheim. Pinhas Eliav, Acting Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN said that the Syrian allegation, contained in a letter last week, is also refuted by the investigation carried out by UNDOF. Syria, in its letter to Waldheim, said that as a result of the “Israeli aggression”–which occurred, according to the Syrians, July 2–“one Syrian policeman was injured.”
Israeli diplomats here pointed out today that the Syrians are trying to divert attention from their involvement in Lebanon by inflating or fabricating incidents between Israeli and Syrian forces. This is the second time in recent weeks that Syria complained to Waldheim about “Israeli aggression.”
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