The Israel Foreign Ministry published a denial today of Syrian claims that the Israel raiding force which knocked out four Syrian outposts on the eastern shore of Lake Tiberias Sunday night had suffered 100 casualties. The Israelis announced early Monday that the raiders had suffered four dead and 12 wounded in the action. Last night two of Israel’s wounded soldiers died in a hospital, raising the death toll to six.
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